| Deposit ID | 10015868 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02138 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Monarch Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.40367, 46.40684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2210 |
| Relative position | 11 MI S OF ELLISTON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Powell(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Powell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008N | 006W | 30,31 | SE OF SW (30); NE OF NW (31) | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -112.40367, 46.40684 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Strike | EAST |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEPLY NORTH |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Elliston District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Monarch Minerals, Inc. |
| Home office | D.L. Jones, Mgr. Box 33, Helena, Mt. 59601 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Overall depth | 106.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02138 |
MBMG BULL 98, P. 13, 50.
USGS BULL 1151, PL. 1.
USGS BULL 842, P. 266-67.
USGS BULL 527, P. 79.
MBMG BULL 109, P. 17.
MBMG BULL 98, P. 50; USGS BULL 842, P. 266-67.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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