Monica Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048176
MRDS ID M800230
Record type Site
Current site name Monica Mine
Related records 10138002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.78825, 34.27727 (WGS84)
Elevation 1515
Relative position 4.6 MILES NORTHWEST OF YARNELL, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 005W 21 SW OF NE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES TO ADIT NEAR END OF ROAD. ADIT ON SHAMROCK #3 PATENTED CLAIM. INCLINED SHAFT ON MONICA CLAIM IN FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.78825, 34.27727

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N20e To N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Trend Nw And Dip At Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 30 NE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 365.76M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS. ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES TREND NORTHWEST AND APPARENTLY ARE NOT RELATED TO THE VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.792HA
    Length 1143M
    Overall depth 213.36M
    Overall length 688.85M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FT LONG TUNNEL CONNECTS TO INCLINED RAISE WHICH SURFACES 2260 FT SOUTH 50 E FROM MAIN ADIT. OVERALL AREA PROBABLY OVER ESTIMATED.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE SHAMROCK #3, YELLOW STONE, MOONSHINE, PAPOOSE, MONICA, NUGGET, RED ROCK, AND OTHERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE CLIPPINGS

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF QUARTZ APPARENTLY NOT CONTROLLED BY ANDESITE DIKES. BOTH ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE DIKES ARE CUT BY TUNNEL BUT NO APPARENT MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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