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Taylor Peak

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091048
MRDS ID DC00686
MAS/MILS ID 0080510322
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Peak
Alternate or previous names Taylor River, Taylor Peak Deposti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.78067, 38.98365 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position cluster of adits and other workings on north bank of Taylor River approaching the Gunnison Co/Pitkin Co. boundary., 500 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 84W 21, 22,28 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (2) -106.78067, 38.98365
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSITS SCATTERED ALONG N-TRENDING CONTACT: SMALL IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS IN A LIMESTONE MEMBER AT OR NEAR ITS CONTACT WITH A DIORITE INTRUSION. GANGUE: PYRITE, GARNET, EPIDOTE, PYROXENE, AMPHIBOLE, CHERT, CHLORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • According to record 10142547 (deleted), the Trace Manganese deposit was discovered in 1919.

Mining district

District name Dorchester

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the ownership information

  • 10167069 (incorporated into this record and deleted) lists under the Bibliographic References "OWN: Public Domain".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE

  • Deposit

    HARRER & TESCH, 1959, USBM IC 7918, PG 40

  • Deposit

    HARDER, 1908, USGS BULL. 380E

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABW combined 10142547 and 10167069 into this record and deleted those records.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 13-FEB-78 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 02-JUL-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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