The Taylor is a iron mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 1,775 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,775 Feet (541 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.16639, -121.23778
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Taylor MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor
Secondary: Iron Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: N. L. Wimmler, Orrin P. Peterson
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Iron
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN, LIMONITE AND IRON - STAINED RHYOLITE CROPS OUT FOR 1/2 MILE, IT IS 300 FT. WIDE IN PLACES.
Comment (Commodity): MAIN BODY SAID TO BE HEMATITE.
Comment (Production): ORIGINALLY WORKED AS COPPER PROSPECT; PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 POUNDS. CURRENT PRODUCT IS USED FOR MAKING "BOX CAR RED" PAINT. IN AUG. 1940, 3 MEN WERE MINING 10 TONS OF ORE DAILY. CALCINED PRODUCT MAINLY FE2O3. GOLD CONTENT NOT SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY WORK. WORKING SEASON IS ABOUT 3 MONTHS.
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS, 250-FT. VERT. SHAFT, 2-COMP., 2300 FT. OF DRIFTS. HAND MINING OF GOSSAN IN 1940.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 120 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 203
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 37TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV OF MINES, P. 442 - 443
Reference (Deposit): CDM MIN. ABSTRACTS (IRON) P. 21
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