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Spruce Standard

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046035
MRDS ID M233943
Record type Site
Current site name Spruce Standard
Alternate or previous names Carrie No. 2 Claim, Standard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.86921, 40.55381 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position AT SPRUCEMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 063E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W FLANK OF RANGE WNW OF ADA H MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silication

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.86921, 40.55381
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact, Shear Zone 20 Ft Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE QUARTZ BRECCIA "BLOWOUT" PRESENT, PORPHYRY DIKES; SKARN 500 FT WIDE X 1/2 MILE LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Spruce Standard Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OVER $100,000 WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN THE EARLY DAYS

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT 265 FT. DEEP WITH OVER 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS ON TWO LEVELS

Comments on development

  • OVER $100,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION IN EARLY DAYS. IN 1926, THE PARAMOUNT CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. SHIPPED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF OXIDIZED LEAD-SILVER ORE AND 100 TONS OF OLD SLAG FROM THE MINE DUMP. IN 1928, THE MINE WAS OPERATED BY THE SPRUCEMONT STANDARD MINING CO, WHO RECONDITIONED THE MINE, AND DID CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE & GRANITE. THE PARAMOUNT MINE (18 CLAIMS) WAS ABSORBED BY THE SPRUCE STANDARD CO., ALONG WITH THE ADA H.M. CO. IN 1927-29
Deposit THE SPRUCE STANDARD MINE IS DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINE SHAFT 265 FT DEEP WITH 2 LEVELS WITH OVER 2000 FT OF WORKINGS. EARLY DAY PRODUCTION IS CREDITED AT OVER $100,000 IN LEAD-SILVER-COPPER ORE; IN 1926 THE PARAMOUNT CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. SHIPPED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF OXIDIZED LEAD-SILVER ORE AND 100 TONS OF OLD SLAY FROM THE MINE DUMP; IN 1928 THE MINE WAS OPERATED BY THE SPRUCEMONT STANDARD MINING CO. WHICH RECONDITIONED THE MINE, AND DID CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK. THE MAIN LODE RANGES UP TO 5 FT OR 6 FT IN WIDTH. THE ORE OCCURS IN REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE AND GRANITE PORPHYRY. THE PARAMOUNT MINE OF 18 CLAIMS WAS ABSORBED BY THE SPRUCE STANDARD CO., ALONG WITH THE ADA H.M. CO. IN 1927-28. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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