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Taylor Claim

Occurrence in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009232
MRDS ID D001995
MAS/MILS ID 560070395
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Claim

Comments on the site identification

  • Erroneously associated with the deposits in the Jelm Mountain area in old 10278701 (MAS 0560070395). Reference to Darton and others is a different deposit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9, 41.18333 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 miles south of Encampment.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Wyoming Carbon

Comments on the location information

  • Poor location. "6 miles south of Encampment" is the only information.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Bismite Ore
Gold Ore
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9, 41.18333
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Encampment District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH IN the [conterminous] U.S.: USGS MR - 22, p. 13.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 23.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Note that this supposed "Au-Cu" vein is NOT listed in Bull. 50 under copper or gold.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-12-01 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-12-04 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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