Standard Group

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046003
MRDS ID M233909
Record type Site
Current site name Standard Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83784, 41.78546 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JOINS HIGHLAND GROUP ON THE NORTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Axinite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83784, 41.78546

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SURFACE ORE HIGHLY OXIDIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Contact

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. P. Nielson (Schrader,
    Last year 1935

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS WITH NO DEEP DEVELOPMENT AS YET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A.& COSTS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTRUSIVE CONTACT, WITH SURFACE ORE HIGHLY OXIDIZED
Deposit THIS PROSPECT INCLUDES 6 CLAIMS ON THE UPPER EAST SLOPE OF ELLEN D. MOUNTAIN. NO DEEP DEVELOPMENT AS YET. SURFACE ORE SHOWS CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED AND IN STRENKS IN A HIGHLY OXIDIZED GANGUE OF MASSIVE ACTINOLITE AND AXINITE, GARNET, AND CHALCEDONY (SCHRADER, 1935, P 35). (SEE SCHRADER'S 1912 AND 1935 CLAIM MAPS). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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