Monarch Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015868
MRDS ID DB02138
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40367, 46.40684 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 11 MI S OF ELLISTON.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 30,31 SE OF SW (30); NE OF NW (31) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW SLOPE OF BISON MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized, Argillization, And By Addition Of Disseminated & Sulfide Minerals.

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40367, 46.40684

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip STEEPLY NORTH
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact Of Quartz Monzonite And Andesite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Monarch Minerals, Inc.
    Home office D.L. Jones, Mgr. Box 33, Helena, Mt. 59601

Comments on the production information

  • $1,000,000 IN ORE UP TO 1916. PROBABLY LARGEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, A SHAFT, AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references