Mine detail: Monarch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.77989, -115.11563

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Tungsten
Ore:	Argentite, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1865

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Associated type:	Lamprophyre
Alteration processes:	Oxidation , Gouge

References

MRDS	W007882
MAS	160390003
DEP	10089044
Reference	{Deposit:: Ballard, S. M., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar Quadrangle: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26, P. 31.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A.L., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Atlanta District, Elmore County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 49, 71 P.}{Deposit:: 1928 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26}{Deposit:: 1939 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 49}{Production:: Ballard, S. M., 1928, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26, P. 31 ; Anderson, A.L., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 49, 71 P.}
Reporter	Steigner, William D., Everett, Sandra E., Frank, Dave, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)