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Taylor X Claims

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109624
MRDS ID M051043
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor X Claims
Alternate or previous names Taylor Claims Ml96, Ml90, Ml91, Ml89, And Ml88
Related records 10186507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76012, 32.48039 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lemmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 11S 16E 18 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTER SECTION 18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic Ep; Some B-Potassic; Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76012, 32.48039
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Geesman Fault, Veins, Near Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^36% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 36wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1-5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF CU, AG, AU IN EARLY 1900'S.ITEM 1 IS PRODUCTION OF A 'FEW TONS' OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT AS PLOTTED ON TOPO. THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000823 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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