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Monarch Claims

Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Mercury, Silver, Gold, Lead
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  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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087085
MRDS ID D004668
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Claims
Related records 10155254

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93997, 38.93857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF POISON MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candland Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 010W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ground Water Leaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dome Ls;Swasey Ls
    Rock description Dome Ls;Swasey Ls

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93997, 38.93857
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures & Fissure Channeling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Rasmunson
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Cricket Mtns

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dwayne Rasmunson
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED WITH HAND TOOLS ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    ORAL COMMUNICATION WITH DWAYNE RASMUNSEN (CLAIM HOLDER)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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