Standard

The Standard is a copper and gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

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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
Secondary: Grover Cleveland
Secondary: Smuggler
Secondary: Juniper

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Quartzburg

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1965
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.51oz/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: URANIUM MINERALS UNKNOWN: U308 EQUIV.= .07, U308 CHEM. ANAL.= .05 (ORE BIN VOL. 17, NO. 12).
Analytical Data: IN 1907, SHIPMENTS AVERAGED $0.60 IN GOLD, LESS THAN AN OUNCE IN SILVER PER TON AND 10-12% COPPER (ODGMI BULL. 14-B)

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Cobaltite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES UNKNOWN, PROBABLY SMALL; SOME CHANCE OF A SMALL, HIGH-GRADE OPERATION (GOLD ACCOMPANIES THE COBALT)

Comment (Deposit): AU VALUES ARE REPORTEDLY HIGHEST IN THE COBALT-RICH ORE.

Comment (Workings): 6 LEVELS OF DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS (SOME CAVED)

Comment (Geology): THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR DISTINCT FAULT-BRECCIA ZONES CROSSING THE VEIN; MUCH OF THE MOVEMENT ALONG FAULTS HAS BEEN PREMINERAL, BUT IN ONE PLACE THERE IS A JOG IN THE VEIN, AND IN THE FACE THE VEIN APPEARS TO BE FAULTED OFF.

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER INOREGON, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 153.

Reference (Deposit): HULL, D., 1976, STANDARD MINE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES SUMMARY REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): 1900 DIREXPL

Reference (Deposit): 1915 DIREXPL

Reference (Deposit): 1915 GEOLMAP D. F. HEWETT, USGS

Reference (Deposit): 1923 DIREXPL H. W. RILEY

Reference (Production): ODGMI SUMMARY REPORT, 1976

Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., REED, J. C., AND PARK, C. F., 1933 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A, P. 101 .

Reference (Deposit): VHAY, J. S., 1959 , THE COPPER-COBALT DEPOSITS OF THE QUARTZBURG DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 125-127.&5) LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22ND ANUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 711.&6) ORE BIN, VOL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

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