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Monarch

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258389
MRDS ID A010304
MAS/MILS ID 0021180046
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch
Alternate or previous names Last Chance, Olympia Extension, Alaska Quartz, Moa, Ickis, & Houland, Monarch Gold Mining Co., British American Holding & Dev., Liberty, North Star, Mineral Basin Mining Corp.
Related records 10000262

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -130.05035, 56.00667 (WGS84)
Elevation 850
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 068 S 099 E 02 SWSEE2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -130.05035, 56.00667
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Basin Mining Corp.
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 118-048

  • Deposit

    B807 pp. 74-75, 93-94

  • Deposit

    B880A pp. 18-19

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 410917 p. 7

  • Deposit

    MR191-5 p. 12

  • Deposit

    IC7379 p. 68

  • Deposit

    RI4174 p. 4

  • Deposit

    B1024B p. 33

  • Deposit

    B1024F pp. 128, 139-140

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 147

  • Deposit

    MF418

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Jr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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