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Taylor

Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031673
MRDS ID M010842
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.23882, 39.16628 (WGS84)
Elevation 541
Relative position 1 MILES SW OF INDIAN SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough And Ready(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 007E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAIN BODY SAID TO BE HEMATITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Iron Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.23882, 39.16628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. L. Wimmler, Orrin P. Peterson
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED AS COPPER PROSPECT; PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 POUNDS. CURRENT PRODUCT IS USED FOR MAKING "BOX CAR RED" PAINT. IN AUG. 1940, 3 MEN WERE MINING 10 TONS OF ORE DAILY. CALCINED PRODUCT MAINLY FE2O3. GOLD CONTENT NOT SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY WORK. WORKING SEASON IS ABOUT 3 MONTHS.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS, 250-FT. VERT. SHAFT, 2-COMP., 2300 FT. OF DRIFTS. HAND MINING OF GOSSAN IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 203

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 37TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV OF MINES, P. 442 - 443

  • Deposit

    CDM MIN. ABSTRACTS (IRON) P. 21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN, LIMONITE AND IRON - STAINED RHYOLITE CROPS OUT FOR 1/2 MILE, IT IS 300 FT. WIDE IN PLACES.
Deposit COMPRISED OF 120 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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