Monarch

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021321
MRDS ID DC15644
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60884, 40.26828 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridal Veil Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003E 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Complete Oxidation Of Ores

Analytical data

Result 1913 : AVG. 9 OZ AG, 35 % PB, 36 % F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures (N 25 E; S 70 E); Near The Axis Of An Anticline.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Provo District

Comments on the production information

  • PROD - 1917, 1902 - 1913

Comments on the workings information

  • BONNEVILLE TUNNEL ONE MILE LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, BS AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 320 - 322

  • Deposit

    HEYL, AV, 1963 , OXIDIZED ZN DEP OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 68

  • Deposit

    MIN. RES. OF U.S. 1917

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-26-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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