Great Standard Group

Past Producer in Laramie county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080807
MRDS ID W032178
Record type Site
Current site name Great Standard Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.18837, 41.14636 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laramie(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hecla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Laramie

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 070W 25;36 S2 OF SW (25); N2 OF NW (36) Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • TWO MILES NORTH OF GRANITE CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 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.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.18837, 41.14636

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 152.4M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RED GRANITE CONTAINS SCHIST AND GNEISS LAYERS AND DIKES OF 'DIORIT E' AND GRAY GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Crown District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GSW BULL 50, P. 55

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 55, 89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references