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Monarch Pittsburg Mine Extension Co.

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. 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 10046637
MRDS ID M241828
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Pittsburg Mine Extension Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24592, 38.06994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 MILE WEST OF TONOPAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 34 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24592, 38.06994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Billy Douglas, President; George Wingfield-Vice President
    First year 1905

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH LEVEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • IN 1905, THE COMPANY HELD 3 CLAIMS. IN LATER YEARS, LEVELS WERE ESTABLISHED AND LOW-GRADE ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL. 51, P.57.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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