The Great Standard Group is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Laramie county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Great Standard Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Standard Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Laramie
District: Silver Crown District
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW AN AVERAGE OF 0.03 OZ OF GOLD PER TON, A TRACE TO 0.14 OZ AG/TON, AND ZERO TO 0.25% CU. USBM SAMPLES: 0.09 OZ AU/TON, 10 OZ AG/TON, 0.06% CU.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GSW BULL 50, P. 55
Comment (Location): TWO MILES NORTH OF GRANITE CANYON
Comment (Geology): RED GRANITE CONTAINS SCHIST AND GNEISS LAYERS AND DIKES OF 'DIORIT E' AND GRAY GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 55, 89
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