The Taylor-Braach Prospect is a mercury mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,551 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: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.55667, -119.49194
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Taylor-Braach Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor-Braach Prospect
Secondary: White Horse District
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Castle Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1931
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Production): 1 - 10 FL
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, OPENCUTS, PITS
Comment (Geology): UNALTERED ROCK OVERLIES ALTERED ROCK. ; GEOL.DESC: UNALTERED ROCK OVERLIES ALTERED ROCK
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 2 54-FT INCLINED SHAFT, 200 FT OF DRIFTS ON THE 32-FT LEVEL, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND PITS. CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND NARROW STRINGERS IN ARGILLIZED AND LOCALLY SILICIFIED ANDESITE TUFF AND BRECCIA DISCOVERED IN 1931 BY FRED BRANCH AND CLYDE TAYLOR. PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1940 TO 1941, 1 TO 10 FLASKS HG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET.
Reference (Production): LAWRENCE AND WILSON
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
