Monarch Claim Group

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044585
MRDS ID M232089
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51259, 37.45717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position HALF MILE WEST OF LIDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magruder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 040E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result THE ORE CARRIES 36% CU, 25 OZ AG, $2.50 AU PER TON.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51259, 37.45717

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lida District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ross, W. C. And Hays, George
    Home office Lida
    First year 1909

Comments on the production information

  • THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF HIGH GRADE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN THE 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 150 FEET TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOT, W.A., 1909, THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA: MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, NO. 2, P. 123-125

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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