Monarch Mine

The Monarch Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,400 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

Name: Monarch Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead

Lat, Long: 47.5847, -115.77420

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Monarch Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Monarch Mine
Secondary: Coeur D'Alene North Fork
Secondary: Barton


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Silverado Mines, Inc.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF BARTON GULCH. ON S SIDE OF PRICHARD CR

Comment (Deposit): VEINS DIP VERTICAL TO 75 DEG NE

Comment (Production): 20 CARS HIGH GRADE LEAD ORE, 5 CARS ZINC ORE AVG 45 % ZN. SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1912.


References

Reference (Deposit): 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62

Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

Reference (Deposit): 1961 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 16

Reference (Production): BELL, R. N., 1913 , FOURTEENTH ANN. REPT. MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1912, P. 175

Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., 1961 , GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 16

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.

Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 743 - 744

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 30 , 1968


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