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Bullion Monarch Mine

Plant in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222538
MAS/MILS ID 0320110214
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Monarch Mine
Alternate or previous names Polar Resources Pit, Universal Gas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.34533, 40.9174 (WGS84)
Elevation 1770
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodeo Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 050 E 10 SESESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.34533, 40.9174
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 270M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation

Mining district

District name Lynn District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Universal Gas, Inc. (Montana)
    ID 2601343
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eldorado Gold Mines Inc
    ID 2601343
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1988
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Westmont Mining Inc.
    ID 2601343
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner United Mining Corp.
    ID 2601343
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1988

Comments on the production information

  • MILL: ON-SITE,ACTIVE,CARBON-IN-PULP CYANIDE,180 T/D WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 360 T/D. MINE: OPEN PIT,OVER 9000 T MINED BY 1981. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 30 KM NW OF CARLIN GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE INFORMATION,HOWEVER,PUBLISHED GRADE IS 6.86 G/T AU W/AVG. RANGE OF 7.5 TO 56.6 G/T AU AND HIGHEST GRADES FROM 240 TO 270 G/T AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RODEO CREEK NE

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    QUAD. MAP GQ-1116, 1974, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGY OF THE RODEO CREEK NE AND

  • Deposit

    WELCHES CANYON QUADRANGLES, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1473, 1980, 81 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.

  • Deposit

    STEARNS, S. W. DISSEMINATED EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS

  • Deposit

    METALS IN THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    M.S. THESIS, STANFORD UNIV.,STANFORD, CA, 1982, 109 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1978-1983

  • Deposit

    CH. ON NEVADA, ALUMINUM, ANTIMONY, BARITE, BAUXITE, AND

  • Deposit

    ALUMINA, BERYLLIUM, COPPER, IRON, FLUORSPAR, GOLD, LEAD,

  • Deposit

    LITHIUM, MAGNESIUM, MANGANESE, MERCURY, MOLYBDENUM,

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN, AND ZINC.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN INVESTOR. NEVADA FIELD LOCATED IN PREMIER GOLD

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT. VOL. R, NO. 3, FEB. 8, 1988, P. 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-NOV-90 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/27/1984
MSHA mine ID2601343
Mine name (MSHA)Bullion Monarch Mine
Current operatorUniversal Gas (Montana) Inc
Current controller (parent)Universal Explorations Ltd
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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