The Taylor Central is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.11556, -113.75833
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Taylor Central MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor Central
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Crater Island/Silver Island
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Taylor
Home Office: Box 52 , Wendover Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Silver Island Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE YIELDED 0.34 PERCENT WO3
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GRADE AND DEGREE OF METAMORPHISM CHANGE IRREGULARLY ALONG CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): LARGEST PIT 75 FT. BY 75 FT., SEVERAL SHALLOW DIGGINGS.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, IN PREPARATION
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F. E., AND ANDERSON, W. L., 1960 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAIN, BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ELKO COUNTY, NEV.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. BULL. 15 .
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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