Monarch Kop/Harrington Kop

Past Producer in South Africa with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280554
MAS/MILS ID 7910200171
Record type Site
Current site name Monarch Kop/Harrington Kop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.71389, -23.87999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.71389, -23.87999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COETZEE,C.B., THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AFRICA, HANDBOOK NO.7, 5TH ED., GEOL.SURV.OF S.A.,

  • Deposit

    PRETORIA, 1976, P.173.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MONARCH KOP MERCURY DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO ORE BODIES, THE MONARCH KOP AND HARRINGTON KOP ORE BODIES. DISCOVERED IN 1936. LOCATED 14 KM NW OF GRAVELOTTE IN HILLS OF THE MURCHISON RANGE. BOTH DEPOSITS NORTH OF THE "ANTIMONY BAR" AND HAVE A 360 M STRIKE PARALLEL TO IT. CINNABAR OCCURS AS LENTICLES AND VEINLETS IN GANGUE OF CARBONACEOUS SCHIST. HARRINGTON KOP ORE BODY WAS RICHER OF THE TWO AT 0.35% HG(AVG.). SLUMP IN PRICE OF HG AFTER WORLD WAR II CAUSED MINE TO CLOSE DOWN. MINE COULD ONLY OPERATE ECONOMICALLY WITH A PRODUCT- ION RATE OF 450 G HG/TON ORE UP TO TIME IT SHUT DOWN. AS OF 9/17/91, NO NEW INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PROPERTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-1991 Minerals Availability Field Office (Mafo) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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