Deposit ID | 10111459 |
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MRDS ID | M233954 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Monarch Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Spruce Monarch, Monarch-Black Forest. |
Geographic coordinates: | -114.83366, 40.55714 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 2577 |
Relative position | W FLANK OF SPRUCE MT. |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Nevada | Elko |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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031N | 063E | 23,14 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Lead | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Gold | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Galena | Ore |
Lead | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Limonite | Gangue |
Model code | 72 |
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USGS model code | 19a |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
Mark3 model number | 47 |
Host or associated | Host | ||||
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
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(1) | -114.83366, 40.55714 |
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General form | REPLACEMENT, STRATABOUND, TABULAR |
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Strike | N20W |
Dip | 60E |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
District name | Spruce Mountain |
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Type of workings | Underground |
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Length | 914.4M |
Overall depth | 182.88M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233954 |
SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL. VOL XXV, NO. 7
MINES REGISTER 1937
HUNT, S.F., 1936, MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, RENO, NEVADA
HILL, JAMES M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648
GRANGER, A.E., ET ALL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U. OF N. BULL. 54
GRANGER, A.E., ET AL., (1957)
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | LEAD CARBONATE, GALENA, CERUSSITE REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE IN 4 ORE BODIES. VEINS, ALSO, CONTROLLED BY FAULT, FISSURE |
Deposit | THE MONARCH WAS AN EARLY PROSPECT-1870-DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED ABOUT $200,000 UP TO 1902; THEN WAS IDLE UNTIL 1918 WHEN IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE SPRUCE MONARCH MINING CO. WHICH IN TURN WAS SUCCEEDED IN 1921 BY THE SPRUCE MONARCH CONSOLIDATED MINING. IN 1928 THE SPRUCE MONARCH LEAD AND SILVER MINING CO. WAS THE OPERATING COMPANY. A 1500 FT ADIT WAS DRIVEN IN 1918, CUTTING THE VEIN AT 500 FT; SHIPMENTS WERE MADE TO SMELTERS. IN 1928 THE MISSOURI-MONARCH CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. CONSOLIDATED THE MONARCH AND THE BLACK FOREST MINES CO. THE MONARCH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND DEEPEST MINES IN THE DISTRICT WITH MORE THAN 3000 FT OF WORKINGS ALONG 3 OR MORE VEINS. THE MAIN ADIT IS AT AN ELEVATION OF 8,455 FT. IN 1919 THE MONARCH ADIT CONNECTED THE OLD WORKINGS AND PRODUCTION WAS INSTITUTED FROM 1919 TO 1921 21,000 TONS OF ORE (17% LEAD AND 20 OZ. TON SILVER) WAS PRODUCED AND SHIPPED TO A.S. & R. CO. WITH A RETURN OF ABOUT $475,000. IN 1922 THE MONARCH WAS THE LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT. IN |
Deposit | 1926 2000 TONS OF LEAD-SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE CONSOLIDATION IN 1928 INSTITUTED MORE DEVELOPMENT WORK, WITH A WINZE SUNK TO THE 600 FT LEVEL; WORK CONTINUED UNTIL FEB. 1930 WHEN THE BRONCO TUNNEL (1800 FT N. OF MONARCH TUNNEL) WAS DRIVEN; BY 1937 THIS ADIT WAS 2,700 FT AND CONNECTED WITH THE BLACK FOREST WORKINGS - THIS ADIT WAS FOR ORE HAULAGE AND ACCESS. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION CAME FROM THE 300, 400, 500 FT LEVELS IN 4 ORE BODIES LOCATED IN THE FORDNA-HARDY ORE SHOOT AND THE MONARCH FISSURE. IN 1930 THE THELMA VEIN WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PROPERTY CONTINUED TO PRODUCE ALONG WITH THE BLACK FOREST MINE UNTIL 1944 AND WWII WHEN PRODUCTION ROSE SHARPLY AS METAL PRICES ROSE. AFTER 1949 WHEN METAL PRICES FELL, PRODUCTION WAS GREATLY CURTAILED WITH ONLY MINOR ORE SHIPMENTS THROUGH 1952. A SCHEELITE OCCURRENCE WAS NOTED IN 1954 ON THE ATLANTIC CLAIM OF THE NEVADA MONARCH CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. IN THE VICINITY OF THE MONARCH MINE. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 42A (OFF. NO. 1464). ; INFO.SRC : 1 |
Deposit | PUB LIT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |