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Monarch Ranch

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045688
MRDS ID M233479
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Ranch
Alternate or previous names Monarch Star, Copper Blue Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.89758, 38.52937 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MILE WSW OF MONARCH RANCH RUINS, 500m. To Area Of Prospect

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 045E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization, Argillization

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM VALUES IN SAMPLES: 3000 PPM NI
Result 3000 PPM CR
Result 500 PPM CO
Result OVER 2 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.89758, 38.52937
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 75E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINIZED BODY APPEARS TO BE UPFAULTED BLOCK; SEPARATED BY ALLUVIUM FROM OUTCROP OF DIABASE ON THE EAST. A 400-FT DRILL HOLE REMAINED IN SERPENTINITE ALL THE WAY, BUT ANOTHER BOTTOMED IN ORDOVICIAN TRANSITIONAL ROCKS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT MANHATTAN. DOLOMITIC MASSES FAULTED AGAINST THE SERPENTINITE MAY BE CAMBRIAN, AND ARE PROBABLY ALTERED SEDIMENTARY BEDS, AND NOT CARBONATIZED SERPENTINITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pilot Exploration
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY WAS DRILLED IN 1960. MAGNETIC AND I. P. SURVEYS WERE MADE BY PILOT EXPLORATION IN 1965, FOLLOWED BY LIMITED PHYSICAL EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY; NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NI, CR, AND CO WERE FOUND IN SERPENTINITE. ALSO, TURQUOISE WAS MINED ALONG A FAULT, AND CHRYSOTILE WAS SEEN IN FRACTURES CUTTING SERPENTINITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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