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Double Standard Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037168
MRDS ID M031043
Record type Site
Current site name Double Standard Mine
Related records 10270196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.19139, 35.55583 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.5 MILES NE OF NIPTON, CALIF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCullough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
027S 061E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.19139, 35.55583
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Late Tert And Recent Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS IN QUARTZ LENSES 4 TO 10 INCHES WIDE WITHIN A SHEAR ZONE 20 FEET WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crescent

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ALSO REPORTEDLY PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD AND SILVER ORE IN 1905 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 4 SHAFTS AND 4 TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1956 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IVANPAH QUAD., USGS PROF PAPER 275 P. 128 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 179 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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