Monte Cristo

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Nickel, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283899
MRDS ID M003309
MAS/MILS ID 0040251444
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo
Alternate or previous names Julian Merger Mining, Amethyst Vein
Related records 10027541

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.57515, 34.06426 (WGS84)
Elevation 1060
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 N 003 W 04 W2W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Early Proterozoic granitic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Goldex Mining Co
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Perry Underdown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS ALSO EXTEND INTO THE NENWSW OF SEC.4

  • Deposit

    USGS MORGAN BUTTE QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.,PART 1, 1907,P182

  • Deposit

    BILBREY,J.H.JR.,COLBALT,USBM 1C 8103,1962,P28

  • Deposit

    ADMR MONTE CHRISTO MINE AND MILL FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS BUL 735 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1922 P 131

  • Deposit

    WEED W H THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIV 1920 P 360

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.