Monarch Mine

The Monarch Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: New York Mine: Unpatented Claim
Secondary: Monarch
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: New York
Secondary: Good Hope

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM AND TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 847 AND 848 COVERING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 58 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS ON THE MONARCH CLAIM.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF A 100 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 320-321

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W. P., 1967 USGS BULL 1241-E, P. 82-84, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): LINDGREN, 1910, P. 321, REPORTED THE MONARCH MINE WAS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER OF THE LONE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.

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