Monocco Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Garnet, Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227592
MRDS ID M057043
MAS/MILS ID 0490450092
Record type Site
Current site name Monocco Mine
Related records 10041736

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.81894, 40.09183 (WGS84)
Elevation 2086
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008 S 018 W 36 SWNENE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.81894, 40.09183

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 61M
    Length 365M
    Width 243M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:75N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyers, Floyd
    Interest 100
    Home office Ibapah, Utah 84034
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457M
    Overall depth 9M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Length of Inclines (m) 37
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 24
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEP. OF THE DEEP CREEK MT., UGMS BULL. 99 (1973),PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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