Monarch Group

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silica
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236998
MRDS ID M020124
MAS/MILS ID 0060710037
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Group
Alternate or previous names Moulton Mine, Red Cross Mine
Related records 10109384

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.29499, 34.28974 (WGS84)
Elevation 664
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002 N 026 E 06 SESWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.29499, 34.28974

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 65W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 90M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N35W:65W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Monumental District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Government-Bureau Of Land Management
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 203.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 40-41.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 59-65.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1-24-76-WORKINGS EXTEND OVER AREA MEASURING APPROX 600M BY 46 1-24-76-DEPOSIT MAY BE HYDROTHERMAL IN ORIGIN, BUT APPEAR TO 1-24-76-ASSOC HEMATITE SEEMS MOREABUNDANT THAN MN--ALSO MINO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Moyle, Phillip R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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