Monumental Gold Mining Corp.

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266049
MAS/MILS ID 0160850123
Record type Site
Current site name Monumental Gold Mining Corp.
Alternate or previous names Idaho Central Mine, Copper Mtn, Greenjacket Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.13016, 45.10318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020 N 011 E 05 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.13016, 45.10318

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SAMPLE OF THE SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE CONTAINED A TRACE GOLD AND SILVER, AVE. 1.01 PERCENT COPPER AND SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS INDICATED ABOUT 70 PPM (.007%) COBALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Monumental Gold Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Inferred 4540mt ore
    Total resources 4540mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Trace 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1304; 1973, P. 304.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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