Taylor

Site Name

Primary: Taylor
Secondary: Northeast Pit
Secondary: Northwest Pit
Secondary: Bishop Pit
Secondary: Argus Pit

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Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Taylor

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Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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.

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Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

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Workings

Type: Surface

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Ownership

Owner Name: Alta Gold Co.
Company ID: 2601564
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Nerco Exploration Co.
Company ID: 2601564
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Nerco Inc.
Company ID: 2601564
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1985

Owner Name: Silver King Mines
Company ID: 2601564
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Utah
Info Year: 1985

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Production

Year: 1984
Description: Silver Production 37320000 Grams/Year
Year: 1984
Description: Ore Production 370000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1984
Time Period: 1982-1984
Description: Tay. Pit:>87000 Kg Ag 1982-4,Nv Bib 676.
Year: 1983
Description: Silver Production 36226000 Grams/Year
Year: 1983
Description: Ore Production 359000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1982
Description: Silver Production 23253000 Grams/Year
Year: 1982
Description: Ore Production 272000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1982
Description: Same As Above. 21300000 Same As Above
Year: 1981
Description: Silver Production 20268000 1grams/Year
Year: 1981
Description: Ore Production 204000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1981
Description: 80% Dried Silver Precipitate 19099999 Grams Ag Precipitate/Year
Year: 1964
Description: Tay. Und:3600 Mt Ore, 1030 G/Mt Ag 1964.
Year: 1960
Time Period: 1920-1960
Description: Dist.:91000 Mt Ore, 340 G/Mt Ag 1920-60.
Year: 1885
Description: Dist.:54000 Mt Ore, 690 G/Mt Ag <1885yr.

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Bench (Berm)
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Clay
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Calcite

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Comments

Not available

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References

Reference (Deposit): JUNE 12, 1981, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): NEW PRODUCTION PUTS THEM IN TOP 10 IN SILVER.

Reference (Deposit): 790. WESTERN MINING NEWS (SPOKANE, WA). SILVER KING MINES'

Reference (Deposit): OF NEVADA SILVER MINE. V. 94, NO. 27, 1982, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): 446. MINING RECORD (DENVER). SILVER PRICES FORCE SHUTDOWN

Reference (Deposit): V. 94, NO. 26, 1982, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. PAPER

Reference (Deposit): SCHELL CREEK RANGE, EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS - UPDATE 1980. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 36,

Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS. AUG. 30, 1979, P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): 777. WATSON, B. N. BULK TONNAGE, LOW-GRADE SILVER

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR MINE. APR. 3, 1984, PP. C5.

Reference (Deposit): 760. WALLACE (ID) MINER. SILVER KING SELLS INTEREST IN

Reference (Deposit): 676. SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (SPOKANE, WA). NERCO BUYS HALF OF

Reference (Deposit): AT TAYLOR OPEN PIT MINE. V. 71, NO. 40, 1982, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): 654. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. SILVER PRODUCTION RESUMES

Reference (Deposit): AT SILVER KING'S TAYLOR MINE. V. 71, NO. 13, 1982, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): 652. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. ORE PROCESSING OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): $1 MILLION IN ASSET SALES. AUG. 24, 1979, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): 1983, PP. 36-41.

Reference (Deposit): 789. WESTERN MINING NEWS (SPOKANE, WA). SILVER KING GETS

Reference (Deposit): NOV. 17-19, 1980). NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 36, 1983,

Reference (Deposit): PRES. AT PRECIOUS- METALS SYMPOSIUM (SPARKS, NV,

Reference (Deposit): PROF. PAPER 557, 1967, 93 PP., 1 PL., SCALE 1:48,000.

Reference (Deposit): 445. MINING RECORD (DENVER). NEVADA SILVER MINE CLOSED.

Reference (Deposit): PRODUCTION. V. 93, NO. 25, 1981, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): 442. MINING RECORD (DENVER). SILVER KING IN FULL

Reference (Deposit): SILVER MINE AND PLANT. V. 93, NO. 23, 1981, P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): 441. MINING RECORD (DENVER). SILVER KING OPENS THE TAYLOR

Reference (Deposit): NO. 8, 1981, P. 11.

Reference (Deposit): HAS DEDICATED ITS TAYLOR SILVER MINE NEAR ELY, NEV. V. 67,

Reference (Deposit): 429. MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. SILVER KING MINES, INC.,

Reference (Deposit): MINES. V. 65, NO. 12, 1979, P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT NEAR ELY, NEV., BY SILVER KING

Reference (Deposit): JULY 1981, PP. 6-8.

Reference (Deposit): 428. MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. MINING IS BEING RESUMED IN

Reference (Deposit): FROM 1880'S CAMP. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 5, NO. 3,

Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL., V. 69, 1974, PP. 46-58.

Reference (Deposit): 414. MERICA, J. SILVER KING OPEN-PITS LOW GRADE SILVER

Reference (Deposit): VICINITY NEAR ELY, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC.

Reference (Deposit): GUIDE TO MINERALIZATION IN THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT AND

Reference (Deposit): 390. LOVERING, T. G., AND A. V. HEYL. JASPEROID AS A

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 85, 1976, 105 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE TAYLOR SILVER PROPERTY. V. 68, NO. 15, 1979, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): 647. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. DENISON ACQUIRES OPTION ON

Reference (Deposit): PROPERTY: OPTION ON TAYLOR MINE. V. 66, NO. 35, 1977,

Reference (Deposit): 644. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. SILVER KING ACQUIRES WARD

Reference (Deposit): REOPEN ELY MINE. AUG. 28, 1982, P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): 582. RENO (NV) GAZETTE JOURNAL. SILVER KING PLANS TO

Reference (Deposit): AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): 284. HOSE, R. K., M. C. BLAKE, AND R. M. SMITH. GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984,

Reference (Deposit): GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP

Reference (Deposit): 121. DREWES, H. GEOLOGY OF THE CONNORS PASS QUADRANGLE,

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 450-B, 1962, PP. B1-B3.

Reference (Deposit): PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS. PAPER IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR SILVER DISTRICT, FIELD TRIP 2, SEDIMENT-HOSTED

Reference (Deposit): PP. 14-26.

Reference (Deposit): 252. HAVENSTRITE, S. R. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): 251. HAVENSTRITE, S. R. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): U.S. - NEVADA. V. 183, NO. 11, 1982, PP. 168-169.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. - NEVADA. V. 180, NO. 5, 1979, P. 192.

Reference (Deposit): 157. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NEW BRIEFS/IN THE

Reference (Deposit): U.S. - NEVADA. V. 178, NO. 10, 1977, P. 150.

Reference (Deposit): 153. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NEWS BRIEFS/IN THE

Reference (Deposit): TOPOGRAPHY. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 638. SINGLETON, R. H. LITHIUM. BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1983.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 637. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1981.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 636. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. PAPER IN SHORT PAPERS IN GEOLOGY, HYDROLOGY, AND

Reference (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IN THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT NEAR ELY,

Reference (Deposit): 120. DREWES, H. STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS OF

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

Reference (Deposit): INUMER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Reference (Deposit): P.6.

Reference (Deposit): 90. CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): SHUT INDEFINITELY. V. 90, NO. 123, JUNE 24, 1982,

Reference (Deposit): 12. AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION. TAYLOR SILVER MINE IS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NERCO, INC. 1984 FORM 10-K, P. 9

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PROFILE, 1979, 25 PP.

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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.