Mine detail: Monumental Mine

Previously called 'Kissell'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.86207, -118.34911

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic
Ore: Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Other material: Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Bald Mountain Batholith
Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM014832
DEP10032990
Reference{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.56}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.80}{Deposit:: YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS}{Deposit:: FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP IN PREPARATION}
ReporterLee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.