The Taylor Copper Mine is a copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Taylor Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: 1912-1963
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.46% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Jointing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicytion .5% W03
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND SCHEELITE FILL 1/2 TO 2 INCC FLATLYING JOINTS IN MISSISSIPPIAN PILOT SHALE AND THE CRETACEOUS MONZONITE. THE ORE IS GENETICALLY RELATED TO THE MONZONITE. SOME SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT HAS OCCURRED. THE JOINTING WHICH CONTROLLED ORE DEPOSITION IS PERPENDICULAR TO BEDDING. THE DEPOSIT IS PERIPHERAL TO A BELT OF PORPHRY COPPER DEPOSITS.
Comment (Workings): THE TAYLOR PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT 300 FT DEEP, AND APPROXIMATELY 400 FT OF DRIFT; NOW ARE INACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY NEVADA, NBMG BULL 85.
Reference (Deposit): BAUER, H.L. JR., BREITRICK, R.A., COOPER J.J., AND ANDERSON, J.A., 1966, PORPHRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT, NV. IN TITLEY, S.R. AND HICKS, C.L. EDS. GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA TUSCON ARIZONA, UNIV. AZ. PRESS, 1966, P. 232-244.
Reference (Deposit): BAUER, H.L. JR., BREITRICK, R.A., COOPER, J.J. AND SWINDERMAN, J.N., 1965 ORIGIN OF THE DISSEMINATED ORE IN METAMORPHICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT, NV. AM INST. MINING METALL PETROLEUM ENG. TRANS. V.229 P131-140.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES.L. , 1972.
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A.C., 1917. THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NV. USGS. PROF PAPER 96.
Reference (Production): BAUER ET ALL, 1966
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.
