Taylor Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060261
MRDS ID TC10259
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.06052, 35.26946 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 017W 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF CERBAT MOUNTAINS, NORTH OF KINGMAN, AZ. LAT-LONG IS FOR MINE MARKED IN NE/4 OF SEC. 26.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE GRAY-WHITE MICROCLINE HAS BEEN USED IN GLASS, ENAMELS, AND POTTERY.
  • LOW SWELLING BENTONITE FOR USE IN FILTER INDUSTRY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.06052, 35.26946

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PEGMATITE INTRUDED INTO A MEDIUM-GRAINED GRANITE THAT IS LOCALLY GNEISSIC AND PORPHYRITIC. A DIABASE DIKE AS MUCH AS 5 FT THICK CUTS ACROSS THE PEGMATITE BODY AT MODERATE DEPTH IN THE NORTHERN PART.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Discoverer Taylor, G.I.
Production years 1931-1969-PRESENT?

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Minerals And Chemical Corp. 1969-Present?)
    First year 1931

Comments on the production information

  • ARIZONA ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS LESS THAN 2% OF THE TOTAL US PRODUCTION. LARGEST, MOST CONTINUOUS PEGMATITE OPERATION IN ARIZONA.

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY STRIP MINING METHODS USED. THICK OVERBURDEN HAS MADE STRIP MINING LESS FAVORABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, "FELDSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 343-346.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENTONITE AS LENSES, DISCONTINUOUS BEDS, AND CHANNEL FILL DEPOSITS IN ALTERED VITRIC LATITE ASH. BENTONITE MINED RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM 3-5FT AND IN SOME PLACES UP TO 9 FT THICK. BENTONITE IS CHIEFLY CALCIUM MONTMORILLONITE AND CONTAINS ONLY MINOR QUANTITIES OF QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR IMPURITIES.
Deposit PEGMATITE BODY AT LEAST 1500 FT LONG AND AT PLACES GREATER THAN 200 FT WIDE. MINERALOGIC AND TEXTURAL ZONING ARE CLEARLY DEFINED. THE IRREGULAR CENTRAL CORE, WHICH IN PLACES EXTENDS TO ALMOST THE FULL WIDTH OF THE PEGMATITE BODY, IS COMPOSED OF LARGE GRAYISH-WHITE MASSES OF MICROCLINE WITH SUBORDINATE GRAY QUARTZ PODS, VEINS, AND STRINGERS. AN INTERMEDIATE THINNER WALL ZONE SHOWS MEDIUM-GRAINED, COMMONLY STREAKED OR GNEISSOIDAL, AGGREGATES OF GRAY QUARTZ, GRAYISH-WHITE FELDSPAR, SOME BIOTITE AND LOCALLY MUSCOVITE, GARNET, MAGNETITE, ALLANITE, AND GRAPHIC GRANITE. THIS ZONE IS ALSO CUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS. THE OUTER THIN BORDER ZONE CONSISTS OF FINE-GRAINED WHITE, APLITIC QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR. THE PREDOMINANT FELDSPAR IS MICROCLINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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