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Taylor

Plant in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295948
MRDS ID D001265
MAS/MILS ID 0320330465
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor
Alternate or previous names Northeast Pit, Northwest Pit, Bishop Pit, Argus Pit
Related records 10008827

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.68146, 39.07774 (WGS84)
Elevation 2290
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Connors Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 065 E 16 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Clay Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.68146, 39.07774
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N18W
    Dip 40E
    Thickness 15M
    Length 900M
    Width 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N18W:40E
    Date of Last Modification 850822
  • Area 800HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 800
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1962
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Year of first production 1965
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Taylor

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silver King Mines
    ID 2601564
    Interest 50
    Home office Salt Lake City, Utah
    Year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nerco Inc.
    ID 2601564
    Interest 50
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nerco Exploration Co.
    ID 2601564
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1990
  • Type Operator
    Owner Alta Gold Co.
    ID 2601564
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1885
    Description Dist.:54000 Mt Ore, 690 G/Mt Ag <1885yr.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 690g/mt
  • Year 1960
    Period 1920-1960
    Description Dist.:91000 Mt Ore, 340 G/Mt Ag 1920-60.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 340g/mt
  • Year 1964
    Description Tay. Und:3600 Mt Ore, 1030 G/Mt Ag 1964.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 1030g/mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Silver Production 20268000 1grams/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 2026800g
  • Year 1981
    Description Ore Production 204000 Metric Tons/Year
  • Year 1981
    Description 80% Dried Silver Precipitate 19099999 Grams Ag Precipitate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 1909999g 80wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description Silver Production 23253000 Grams/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 2325300g
  • Year 1982
    Description Ore Production 272000 Metric Tons/Year
  • Year 1982
    Description Same As Above. 21300000 Same As Above
  • Year 1983
    Description Silver Production 36226000 Grams/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 3622600g
  • Year 1983
    Description Ore Production 359000 Metric Tons/Year
  • Year 1984
    Description Silver Production 37320000 Grams/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 3732000g
  • Year 1984
    Description Ore Production 370000 Metric Tons/Year
  • Year 1984
    Period 1982-1984
    Description Tay. Pit:>87000 Kg Ag 1982-4,Nv Bib 676.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 87000000g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Indicated 4695000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4695000mt ore
    Total resources 4695000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 110 g/mt Silver Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 9069999mt ore
    Demonstrated 9069999mt ore
    Total resources 9069999mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 109.7 g/mt Silver Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Measured 6350000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6350000mt ore
    Total resources 6350000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 109.7 g/mt Silver Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Measured 3300000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3300000mt ore
    Total resources 3300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 116.5999 g/mt Silver Major 1984

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 800HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 99.9
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 4.5
    Capacity 1500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.78
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    636. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    637. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1983.

  • Reserve-Resource

    638. SINGLETON, R. H. LITHIUM. BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROFILE, 1979, 25 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NERCO, INC. 1984 FORM 10-K, P. 9

  • Deposit

    12. AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION. TAYLOR SILVER MINE IS

  • Deposit

    SHUT INDEFINITELY. V. 90, NO. 123, JUNE 24, 1982,

  • Deposit

    P.6.

  • Deposit

    90. CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

  • Deposit

    INUMER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

  • Deposit

    NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

  • Deposit

    120. DREWES, H. STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS OF

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT NEAR ELY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. PAPER IN SHORT PAPERS IN GEOLOGY, HYDROLOGY, AND

  • Deposit

    TOPOGRAPHY. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL

  • Deposit

    PAPER 450-B, 1962, PP. B1-B3.

  • Deposit

    121. DREWES, H. GEOLOGY OF THE CONNORS PASS QUADRANGLE,

  • Deposit

    SCHELL CREEK RANGE, EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 557, 1967, 93 PP., 1 PL., SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    153. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NEWS BRIEFS/IN THE

  • Deposit

    U.S. - NEVADA. V. 178, NO. 10, 1977, P. 150.

  • Deposit

    157. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NEW BRIEFS/IN THE

  • Deposit

    U.S. - NEVADA. V. 180, NO. 5, 1979, P. 192.

  • Deposit

    U.S. - NEVADA. V. 183, NO. 11, 1982, PP. 168-169.

  • Deposit

    251. HAVENSTRITE, S. R. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. PAPER

  • Deposit

    PRES. AT PRECIOUS- METALS SYMPOSIUM (SPARKS, NV,

  • Deposit

    NOV. 17-19, 1980). NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 36, 1983,

  • Deposit

    PP. 14-26.

  • Deposit

    252. HAVENSTRITE, S. R. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR SILVER DISTRICT, FIELD TRIP 2, SEDIMENT-HOSTED

  • Deposit

    PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS. PAPER IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP

  • Deposit

    GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL.

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984,

  • Deposit

    284. HOSE, R. K., M. C. BLAKE, AND R. M. SMITH. GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 85, 1976, 105 PP.

  • Deposit

    390. LOVERING, T. G., AND A. V. HEYL. JASPEROID AS A

  • Deposit

    GUIDE TO MINERALIZATION IN THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT AND

  • Deposit

    VICINITY NEAR ELY, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC.

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., V. 69, 1974, PP. 46-58.

  • Deposit

    414. MERICA, J. SILVER KING OPEN-PITS LOW GRADE SILVER

  • Deposit

    FROM 1880'S CAMP. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 5, NO. 3,

  • Deposit

    JULY 1981, PP. 6-8.

  • Deposit

    428. MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. MINING IS BEING RESUMED IN

  • Deposit

    THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT NEAR ELY, NEV., BY SILVER KING

  • Deposit

    MINES. V. 65, NO. 12, 1979, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    429. MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. SILVER KING MINES, INC.,

  • Deposit

    HAS DEDICATED ITS TAYLOR SILVER MINE NEAR ELY, NEV. V. 67,

  • Deposit

    NO. 8, 1981, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    441. MINING RECORD (DENVER). SILVER KING OPENS THE TAYLOR

  • Deposit

    SILVER MINE AND PLANT. V. 93, NO. 23, 1981, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    442. MINING RECORD (DENVER). SILVER KING IN FULL

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION. V. 93, NO. 25, 1981, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    445. MINING RECORD (DENVER). NEVADA SILVER MINE CLOSED.

  • Deposit

    V. 94, NO. 26, 1982, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    446. MINING RECORD (DENVER). SILVER PRICES FORCE SHUTDOWN

  • Deposit

    OF NEVADA SILVER MINE. V. 94, NO. 27, 1982, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    582. RENO (NV) GAZETTE JOURNAL. SILVER KING PLANS TO

  • Deposit

    REOPEN ELY MINE. AUG. 28, 1982, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    644. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. SILVER KING ACQUIRES WARD

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY: OPTION ON TAYLOR MINE. V. 66, NO. 35, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 22.

  • Deposit

    647. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. DENISON ACQUIRES OPTION ON

  • Deposit

    THE TAYLOR SILVER PROPERTY. V. 68, NO. 15, 1979, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    652. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. ORE PROCESSING OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    AT SILVER KING'S TAYLOR MINE. V. 71, NO. 13, 1982, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    654. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. SILVER PRODUCTION RESUMES

  • Deposit

    AT TAYLOR OPEN PIT MINE. V. 71, NO. 40, 1982, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    676. SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (SPOKANE, WA). NERCO BUYS HALF OF

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR MINE. APR. 3, 1984, PP. C5.

  • Deposit

    760. WALLACE (ID) MINER. SILVER KING SELLS INTEREST IN

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS. AUG. 30, 1979, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    777. WATSON, B. N. BULK TONNAGE, LOW-GRADE SILVER

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS - UPDATE 1980. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 36,

  • Deposit

    1983, PP. 36-41.

  • Deposit

    789. WESTERN MINING NEWS (SPOKANE, WA). SILVER KING GETS

  • Deposit

    $1 MILLION IN ASSET SALES. AUG. 24, 1979, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    790. WESTERN MINING NEWS (SPOKANE, WA). SILVER KING MINES'

  • Deposit

    NEW PRODUCTION PUTS THEM IN TOP 10 IN SILVER.

  • Deposit

    JUNE 12, 1981, P. 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/22/1993
MSHA mine ID2601564
Mine name (MSHA)Taylor
Current operatorAlta Gold Company
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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