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Monarch Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048719
MRDS ID MP25735
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Mine
Alternate or previous names Extension Ajax

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18507, 34.98639 (WGS84)
Elevation 1146
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position E Within .25 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soledad Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010N 012W 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS KARMA MINE ON THE SOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AJAX VEIN ASSAYED $5/TON IN GOLD AND SILVER

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18507, 34.98639
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 13.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Ace Mining Co. 40)
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilcox Estate, Bakersfield, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT DRIVEN S74W FOR 587 FT; 294 FT WEST OF PORTAL, TUNNEL INTERSECTS AJAX VEIN; 542 FT WEST OF PORTAL IT CUTS KARMA VEIN. 400 FT WORTH OF CROSSCUT, A TUNNEL, TRENCHES AND PEN CUTS MAN ALONG AJAX VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 230, PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE CLAIM 740 FEET WIDE BY 1687 FEET LONG.
Deposit 2 ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS, THE AJAX AND KARMA. BOTH ARE CUT OFF BY FAULT WHICH STRIKES EAST. AJAX VEIN 18 FT IN THICKNESS ;KARMA VEIN UP TO 45 FT IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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