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Gold Standard Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036136
MRDS ID M024192
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Standard Mine
Alternate or previous names Vega
Related records 10285230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88731, 36.6769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2.5 MI NE NEW YORK BUTTE PROPERTY EXTENDS FROM LITTLE HUNTER CANYON ON N. ACROSS CRAIG CANYON ON S.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New York Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014S 038E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND UNSURVEYED. LOCATION VERY QUESTIONABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88731, 36.6769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE, NW
    Dip ?, 78SW
    Thickness 3.35M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beveridge-Ubehebe

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL SHIPMENTS OF SORTED ORE TO SMELTERS CARRIED 3 OZ. GOLD, 58 OZ. AG, AND 11 % CU. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT ON QUARTZ "BLOW OUT" ON SOUTHERN END OF PROPERTY. GOLD STANDARD VEIN DEVELOPED BY 4 TUNNELS, LONGEST 150 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 164

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 397-398

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS. ON SOUTH END OF PROPERTY OCCURS A "QUARTZ BLOW-OUT", 50 FT. IN THICKNESS AND EXPOSED ON SURFACE FOR 150 FT. IN LENGTH. VEIN IS MINERALIZED WITH SULFIDES. PRINCIPAL VEIN, KNOWN AS GOLD STANDARD, OCCURS ALONG FAULT, AND IS 4-11 FT. IN THICKNESS. CAN BE TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 2100 FT., 1200 FT. OF WHICH LIES ALONG LIMESTONE CONTACT.
Deposit 34 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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