The Standard is a gold and silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 8,638 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: 8,638 Feet (2,633 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.20028, -119.00917
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Standard MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Bodie
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS, PINCH-SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS FROM MINE $5.43 AU/TON, $0.35 AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL VEINS, AVG. 1 FT. THICK, AVG. 30 FT. APART.
Comment (Production): LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE BODIE DIST. FOR MORE DATA ON MILLING COSTS & PRODUCTION VALUES, SEE EAKLE & MCLAUGHLIN ( 1917 ) P. 154 - 157 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Workings): MILL, 250 - TON CYANIDE PLANT. MOST WORK CARRIED ON THROUGH STANDARD AND LENT SHAFTS, THESE SHAFTS BEING 1200 FT. DEEP. DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS SUSPENDED ABOUT 1917 .
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 20 PATENTED AND 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MINE WAS TAKEN OVER BY TREADWELL-YUKON COMPANY, LTD. OF SAN FRANCISCO IN 1929 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 390 - 391 .
Reference (Deposit): EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 150 - 159 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 274 .
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 137 - 138 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Production): TUCKER ( 1927 ) EAKLE & MCLAUGHLIN ( 1917 )
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