Standard Mine

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

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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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