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Standard Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Arsenic, Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Iron, Nickel, Silver, Sulfur
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201736
MRDS ID M015005
MAS/MILS ID 0410230007
Record type Site
Current site name Standard Mine
Alternate or previous names Grover Clevelandiper, Smuggler, Juniper
Related records 10033088

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.68165, 44.54595 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 033 E 12 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Annabergite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Bismuthinite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Cobaltite Unknown
Erythrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Glaucodot Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Smaltite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.68165, 44.54595
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 390M
    Width 37M
    Area 60HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N70E:70S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 60
    Date of Last Modification 821119

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Quartzburg District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Seamens Church Institute,New York
    Interest 20
    Home office New York
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bethesda General Hospital St. Louismissouri
    Interest 20
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Ywca And Ymca Of Cincinnati Ohio
    Interest 40
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Park College Parkville Missouri
    Interest 20
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Nuclear Exploration And Development Co.
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1070M
    Overall depth 167M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 40
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 6
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 900
    Number of Adits 4
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 91
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4.19
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 253
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANN. REPT. 22, 1901, P. 711.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-B, 1941,

  • Deposit

    P. 125-127.

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, V. 17, NO. 12, DEC. 1955.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 153.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1975-SHAPE OF ORE BODY -VEINLETS FOLLOWING SHEAR ZONE WITH S 1975-IN SITU RX DENSITY DETER.FROM ELEMENTS OF MINING TAB.83 1975-MATRIX DETER. WITHOUT SAMPLEASSAY RESULTS. APPROX. LEAD TIME IS 5 YRS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-92 Pierce, Paul A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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