| Deposit ID | 10039554 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050270 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Monarch Mine |
| Related records | 10186737 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.25097, 31.41514 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1250 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)
Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 011E | 19 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Iron | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock description | Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Rock unit name | Oro Blanco Formation; |
| Rock description | Oro Blanco Formation; |
| (1) | -111.25097, 31.41514 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw- And Ne- Trending Fault Zones |
| General form | IRREGULAR, LENSING |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Oro Blanco District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050270 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230069 |
KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.
USBM FILES, MONARCH.
KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 64.
CIMRI
ABM FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BRECCIATED LENSING FISSURE ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan R.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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