The Taylor Mine is a manganese mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,060 Feet (2,152 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 36.02056, -107.12833
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Taylor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor Mine
Secondary: Mine: Joel Taylor Group
Secondary: Claims: Taylor Manganese #1, #2 and #3
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Cuba Manganese District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: J. F. Mcree
Home Office: Pena Blanca, N.M.
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1944 To 1945
Material type: CON MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^38.0 Percent Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY FARNHAM (1961). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): THE FLAT SHALE BED CONTAINING THE NODULES OF PYROLUSITE AND WAD COVERED THE TOP OF A LOW, ELLIPTICAL SHAPED KNOLL. THE ORE WAS THICKEST ON THE NORTH END AND THINNED ON THE SOUTH END
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN PIT
Comment (Geology): THE CUBA MANGANESE DISTRICT IS THE ONLY LOCALITY IN THE STATE WHERE THE CONCRETIONARY MANGANESE NODULES FORMED DURING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPOSITION OF THE HOST ROCK.
Comment (Production): FARNHAM (1961, P. 78) ALSO REPORTS A FEW TRUCKLOADS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1957.
References
Reference (Deposit): DORR II, J.V.N., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 183-195
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 75-79
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 78
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