Mine detail: Monarch Mine

Previously called 'Coeur *lene North ForkBarton'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.58457, -115.77522

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1898

Geology

Host rock:Prichard Formation;Burke Formation
Host type:Slate,Quartzite
Tectonic:Belt Basin

References

MRDSW026589
DEP10105994
Reference{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., 1961 , GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE COEUR *LENE MINING DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 16}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.}{Deposit:: HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 743 - 744}{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 30 , 1968}{Deposit:: 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62}{Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P}{Deposit:: 1961 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 16}{Production:: BELL, R. N., 1913 , FOURTEENTH ANN. REPT. MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1912, P. 175}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.