Monarch Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037381
MRDS ID M032082
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Mine
Alternate or previous names Atlas
Related records 10222324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59667, 38.05246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 2 MILES W OF HWY 93, 12 MILES N OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
02N 66E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT TOP OF BURNT CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Highland Peak
    Rock description Highland Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59667, 38.05246

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Plate, May Day Fault, Iron Mine Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLAT QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS BEDDING IN GRAY DOLOMITE, PINCHES & SWELLS FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO 3 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.