The Standard Mines is a lead and gold mine located in Alaska.
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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
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Standard Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Copper River
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Moffit (1914) reports a shallow vertical shaft at the prospect.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Located on lands within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock at this prospect is schist of the Upper Cretaceous Valdez Group (Moffit, 1914). The deposit consists of a quartz vein about one foot thick containing chalcopyrite, galena, and pyrite. Assays indicate 2.9 oz. Au/ton or higher (Moffit, 1914).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit, 1914
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger.
References
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1914, Geology of the Hanagita-Bremner region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 576, 56 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-392, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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