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Taylor Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046506
MRDS ID M241676
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 579, Easter N Mine, Pioche-Xray Mining & Milling Co. Property
Related records 10125211, 10310470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63251, 37.51275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chokecherry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(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 NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 066E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY POOR JEEP TRAIL FROM MEADOW VALLEY WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Propylitization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 57A CONTAINS 1000 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 10 PPM AU, 500 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM ZN. ASSAYS ON ORE IN 1933 YIELDED 0.93-0.97 OZ/T AU, 3.8-413 OZ/T AG AND 0-2.8% FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.63251, 37.51275
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone; Cross-Faulting And Fractures With Slight Silicification And Mineralization At Intersection With Main Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 50 NW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 762M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Shear Zone Along Normal Fault Which Curves From Nw To Nearly E-W

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADITS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ARE ALL DRIVEN PERPENDICULAR TO THE VEIN, AND ALL CROSS-CUT THE STRUCTURE SHAFT WAS SUNK DOWN-DIP. WATER LEVEL IS JUST A FEW FT BELOW ADIT LEVEL. STREAM FLOWS ALONG N SIDE OF THE VEIN, AND THE SLOPING VEIN SURFACE FORMS A STEEP S WALL OF THE CANYON HERE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delamar District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phil Dolan, Lessee, 1933-1935.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. E. C. D. Marriage The Principal Owner In 1933; J. W. Taylor In 1912

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Material ORE AUAG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.93-0.97 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 27g/mt
  • Year 1934
    Material ORE AUAG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 3.8-4.13 Oz/T Au. Gross Value, $622.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 126g/mt
  • Year 1935
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.52-0.705 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 17g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • FROM THE PHIL DOLAN LEASE ON THE PROPERTY, SHIPPED TO THE GARFIELD PLANT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, IN 5 LOTS, 1933-1935

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT, SEVERAL ADITS, PROSPECT PITS, STOPES IN ONE AREA ON STRUCTURE, DRILL HOLE COLLARS AND DRILL CORE PRESENT; DRILLING DONE WITHIN PAST 10 YEARS. IN 1912, THE PROPERTY HAD 3 TUNNELS 130 FT, 48 FT AND 25 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • 4 FULL CLAIMS (1912) ALONG STRIKE OF THE VEIN FOR 6750 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION ON APRIL 4, 1984.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M., 1933-1934, REPORT OF A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE EASTER MINE; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, ITEM B.

  • Deposit

    CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN J.W. TAYLOR AND J.E. SPURR, 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167 ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1937, UNR BULL VOL XXXI, NO. 5, P. 46.

  • Production

    SMITH, A.M., 1933-UNPUB. REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOOTWALL OF THE FAULT ZONE IS EXPOSED FOR A VERTICAL HEIGHT OF 300 FT OR MORE, COVERED WITH HARD QUARTZ WHERE SILICIFICATION HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE FAULT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit BRECCIATED, RECEMENTED VEIN QUARTZ ALONG FAULT ZONE CUTTING SILICIFIED RHYOLITE(?) WALLROCK IS LACED WITH BANDED CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ; ROCK IN WALLS OF STRUCTURE IS GREEN FROM PROPYLITIC ALTERATION BRECCIA FRAGMENT IN VEIN ARE SILICIFIED, IN MATRIX OF CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ; OPEN SPACES COATED WITH ACICULAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS. SOME LAMELLAR QUARTZ AFTER CALCITE PRESENT; SOME QUARTZ MAY HAVE REPLACED ORIGINAL ADULARIA CRYSTALS(?) TRACES OF FE OXIDES AND MN STAIN. ZONE IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT ALONG STRIKE; SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE IS UP TO 10-15 FT THICK. AN FE-OXIDE STAINED ZONE IN THE IMMEDIATE FOOTWALL OF THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN STOPED IN ONE AREA. RICHEST ORE WAS FOUND FARTHEST EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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