Standard Group

The Standard Group is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Standard Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 41.78556, -114.83694

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Standard Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Standard Group


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: N. P. Nielson (Schrader,


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc Faults, Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Axinite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Location): JOINS HIGHLAND GROUP ON THE NORTH

Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS WITH NO DEEP DEVELOPMENT AS YET

Comment (Deposit): INTRUSIVE CONTACT, WITH SURFACE ORE HIGHLY OXIDIZED

Comment (Geology): SURFACE ORE HIGHLY OXIDIZED

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROSPECT INCLUDES 6 CLAIMS ON THE UPPER EAST SLOPE OF ELLEN D. MOUNTAIN. NO DEEP DEVELOPMENT AS YET. SURFACE ORE SHOWS CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED AND IN STRENKS IN A HIGHLY OXIDIZED GANGUE OF MASSIVE ACTINOLITE AND AXINITE, GARNET, AND CHALCEDONY (SCHRADER, 1935, P 35). (SEE SCHRADER'S 1912 AND 1935 CLAIM MAPS). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A.& COSTS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.