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Taylor

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034706
MRDS ID M021586
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor
Alternate or previous names Mascot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.3985, 38.13185 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 3 1/2 M E OF MURPHYS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 014E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NE 1/4 KERR, 1900 SHOWS SEC 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.3985, 38.13185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip 40 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 PARALLEL 3 - FT. VEINS IN SLATE, MICA SCHIST, SOME QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • 85 FT. SHAFT AND 225 FT. ADIT, BOTH CAVED, AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 183

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , P. 274

  • Deposit

    KERR, M.B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, CALAVERAS CO.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., 27 P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS
Deposit WORKED MANY YEARS AGO, CLARK, 1962 , & PROSPECTED IN 1936 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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