Monster Chief

Prospect in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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 10258926
MAS/MILS ID 0040251440
Record type Site
Current site name Monster Chief
Alternate or previous names April and May Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.07574, 34.70924 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015 N 003 E 07 NENWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mississippian, Devonian, and Cambrian sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Verde Exploration
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS COTTONWOOD QUAD

  • Deposit

    WEED H W MINES HANDBOOK 1918 VOL 13 P 409

  • Deposit

    BLM AZ MINING CLAIMS LEAD FILE 50250

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.