Monarch-Rand

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Tungsten
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048720
MRDS ID MP25736
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch-Rand
Alternate or previous names Jersey Lily Group of Claims:

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.632, 35.34499 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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
Mount Diablo 030S 040E 01,12 California

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES SE OF RANDSBURG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $48/TON, CHIEFLY IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.632, 35.34499

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60SE
    Plunge N40E, N-S
    Thickness 1.07M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rand Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monarch-Rand Mining Co., Ponoma, California

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT SHAFT AND 500 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 118, 168 AND 218 FT. ORIGINAL WORKINGS APPROXIMATELY 1600 FT SE OF BALTIC SHAFT. WORKING AGREEMENT EXISTED WHEREBY PROPERTY WOULD BE EXPLORED BY A CROSSCUT DRIVEN FROM 300 FT LEVEL OF THE GARFORD LEASE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 138-139.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 58.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 139.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3.5 FT THICK. OCCURS ON HANGING WALL OF QUARTZ LATITE DIKE. VEIN IS TRUNCATGED ON TOP, BOTTOM AND BOTH ENDS BY FAULTS. ALSO SEVERAL STRINGER ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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