The Standard Mine is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.42167, -108.53361
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Standard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard Mine
Secondary: Standard Group: Mines
Secondary: California Mine
Secondary: Golden Chief Mine
Secondary: Standard Mine: Claims Patented In 1890 and 1893
Secondary: Standard
Secondary: California
Secondary: Golden Chief
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District: Southwestern Burro Mountain; Gold Hill Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: D. Harris, L.J. Ake And J.W. Taylor
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: L. H. Foster
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A VEIN RANGING FROM 0.5 TO 5 FT. THICK. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 573, 574 AND 784 COVERING 48.935 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS, SIX SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE STANDARD MINE AS SHOWN ON THE GOLD HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. THE CALIFORNIA CLAIM IS SOUTHEAST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE STANDARD CLAIM. THE GOLDEN CHIEF CLAIM IS SOUTHWEST OF THE STANDARD CLAIM.
Comment (Production): THE STANDARD WAS THE LARGEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 124
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 327
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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