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Taylor Mine

Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. General comments
  25. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047166
MRDS ID M242419
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Mine
Alternate or previous names Monitor Group, Argus Group, Argus Pit, Bishop Pit, Reynolds Tunnel
Related records 10310552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68392, 39.08355 (WGS84)
Elevation 2300
Relative position 16 MILES SE OF ELY

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 014N 065E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF LARGE AREA OF WORKINGS COVERING OVER 400 ACRES . INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BOUNDARIES ARE "ASSAY WALLS" WITH MINERALIZATION GRADATIONAL INTO HOST ROCK. LIMONITE PSEUDOMORPHING PYRITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperization Of Limestone; Silicification; Kaolinization And Sericitization Of Dike Rock

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 75
USGS model code 19c
Deposit model name Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Mark3 model number 18

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 35
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Limestone;Pilot Shale
    Rock description Guilmette Limestone;Pilot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68392, 39.08355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Nnw Trending Assymetrical Anticline With A Vertical W Limb And Gently Dipping E Limb
Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 Prominent Fracture Systems Associated With The Anticline One Nnw, One Ne. Some Of The Nnw Fractures Have Fault Offset, Down On West. Original Movement Was Pre-Ore, But Reactivation Occurred During Basin And Range Tectonics.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET (DUE TO SUPERGENE REDISTRIBUTION)
    Thickness 60.96M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M
  • General form BLANKET (DUE TO SUPERGENE REDISTRIBUTION)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Crackle Breccia At Axis Of Nnw-Trending Anticline; Contact Of Limestone And Shale. Also, Shear Zones Localize E And Acted As Conduits For Mineralizing Solutions.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: SILICA AND SILVER APPEAR TO BE CONTEMPORANEOUS AND ARE SLIGHTLY OLDER THAN THE MID-TERTIARY INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE. SOLUTIONS ENTERED ALONG FRACTURE SYSTEMS AND DEPOSITED MINERALS IN CRACKLE BRECCIA IN AND NEAR THE AXIS OF THE ANTICLINE, AT OR NEAR THE GUILMETTE-PILOT CONTACT. A PERIOD OF CALCITE DEPOSITION FOLLOWED THE ORE-FORMING PERIOD. THE SOURCE OF THE SILVER MAY HAVE BEEN A DEEP-SEATED INTRUSIVE BODY, OR THECHAINMAN SHALE AND MID-TERTIARY INTERMEDIATE VOLCANIC FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Mining district

District name Taylor District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silver King Mines, Inc., K. L. Stoker, President
    Home office P.O. Box 324, East Ely, Nv 89315
    First year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Period 1872-1892
    Material ORE AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 Oz Ag/Ton Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 565g/mt
  • Year 1930
    Period 1930'S
    Material ORE AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz Ag/Ton Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 282g/mt
  • Year 1982
    Period 1981-1982
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^From 400,000 Tons Ore

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS 1200 TONS/DAY OF ORE, PRODUCING 90000 OZ AG/MONTH IN 1981. MINE LIFE PROJECTED AT 15 YEARS

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 1768000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 90.354 g/mt Silver Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 84.706 g/mt Silver Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 84.706 g/mt Silver Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PAY DIRT, SEPT, 1982.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 28.329HA
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN PITS, OPEN CUTS, TAYLOR SHAFT, REYNOLDS TUNNEL. 1:1 STRIPPING RATIO OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE INACTIVE

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE OPENPIT MINE AND CYANIDATION MILL EMPLOYING A TOTAL OF 56 PERSONS IN 1983. THE MINEWAS ACTIVE IN THE 1860'S. SILVERKING MINES EXPLORED AND DEVELOPED THE DEPOSIT IN THE 1960'S AND 1970'S. IN 1981, SILVER KING MINES INC. AND AGNEW ENTERPRISES WERE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS IN THE PROJECT WITH SILVER KING AS OPERATOR. MILL WASBUILT AND MINE OPENED IN 1981 BUT CLOSED IN JUNE 1982 WHEN SILVER DROPPED BELOW$5/OZ. WORKERS WERE CALLED BACK IN SEPT 1982 WHEN SILVER PRICES WERE $8-$9/OZ. TAYLOR MINE HAD BEEN MINED SPORADICALLY IN THE 1950'S WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY APREDECESSOR COMPANY OF SILVER KING WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1964. THE SITE HADBEEN RE-EXAMINED IN 1960 AND A HIGH-GRADE MINE WAS IN PRODUCTION FOR ONE YEAR-1965. LOW-GRADE ORE WAS FOUND IN A 3-MILE-SQUARE AREA, AND WHEN SILVER PRICES ROSE IN 1973, THE COMPANY PUT TOGETHER A MAJOR OPERATION TO MINE THE SITE. 85-90% RECOVERY. NERCO ACQUIRED A 50% INTEREST IN TAYWR IN 1984, AS A J.V. WITH SILVER KING. THE MINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN
  • DUE TO LOW AG PRICE IN JAN. 1985. SILVER KING (WITH PARTNERS PACIFIC SILVER, AND NERCO) ANNOUNCEC ESPLORATION IN THE TAYLOR AREA FOR GOLD IN 1987.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

  • Deposit

    PAY DIRT, SEPT., 1982.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAYLOR SILVER DISTRICT, NBMGFILES

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J., SMITH, P., JONES, R., AND TINGLEY, J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATIONREPORT - MINE TOUR.

  • Deposit

    HAVENSTRITE, S.R., 1984, SEG FIELD TRIP GUIDE, G.S.A ANN. MTG., RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, H.; 1967, USGS P.P. 557

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T., 1974, JASPEROID AS A GUIDE TO MINERALIZATION IN THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT...," CON GEOL VOL 69.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 340, PRESS CLIPPINGS THROUGH 1987.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, 1989

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943. PRESS IPPINGS, MINING DISTRICT FILE 340. BONHAM, 1989

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRESS CLIPPINGS, MINING DISTRICT FILE 340 BONHAM, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONSISTS OF FINELY DISSEMINATED CYRSTALS OF ARGENTITE AND CLOTS OF NATIVE AG IN A GANGUE OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE (JASPEROID). MUCH OF THE JASPEROID CONSISTS OF BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. CALCITE AND QUARTZ OCCUR AS LATE-STAGE VEINS AND AS MATRIX CEMENT IN JASPEROID BRECCIA. THERE ARE ALSO RARELY OCCURRING STIBNITE, SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, PYRAGYRITE. DEPOSITS CONSISTS OF LARGE TABULAR MASSES OF ARGENTIFEROUS JASPEROID AT TOP OF GUILMETTE LIMESTONE. ORE OCCUPIES CREST AND FLANKS OF THE N-TRENDING ASSYMETRICAL ANTICLINE WHICH IS THE DOMINAT STRUCTURAL FEATURE OF THE DISTRICT. ORE IS FLAT-LYING ON THE CREST OF THE ANTICLINE, DIPS VERTICALLY ON THE WEST FLANK AND DIPS GENTLY ON THE EAST FLANK. FORM OF ORE BODIES HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT MODIFIED BY LATE MOVEMENT ALONG N- AND ENE-TRENDING NORMAL FAULTS. ORE BODY AVERAGES 50 FTTHICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1988 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology CHECKED AND MODIFIED ROCK TYPE, ROCK UNIT AND AGES FIELDS.
Updater 06-NOV-1992 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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