Taylor Mine

The Taylor Mine is a silver, gold, and iron mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,459 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Taylor Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 579
Secondary: Easter N Mine, Pioche-Xray Mining & Milling Co. Property

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Delamar 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: Mr. E. C. D. Marriage The Principal Owner In 1933; J. W. Taylor In 1912

Owner Name: Phil Dolan, Lessee, 1933-1935.

Production

Year: 1935
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.52-0.705 Oz/T Au
Year: 1933
Material type: ORE AUAG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.93-0.97 Oz/T Au
Year: 1934
Material type: ORE AUAG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 3.8-4.13 Oz/T Au. Gross Value, $622.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone; Cross-Faulting And Fractures With Slight Silicification And Mineralization At Intersection With Main Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Propylitization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 57A CONTAINS 1000 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 10 PPM AU, 500 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM ZN. ASSAYS ON ORE IN 1933 YIELDED 0.93-0.97 OZ/T AU, 3.8-413 OZ/T AG AND 0-2.8% FE.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED, RECEMENTED VEIN QUARTZ ALONG FAULT ZONE CUTTING SILICIFIED RHYOLITE(?) WALLROCK IS LACED WITH BANDED CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ; ROCK IN WALLS OF STRUCTURE IS GREEN FROM PROPYLITIC ALTERATION BRECCIA FRAGMENT IN VEIN ARE SILICIFIED, IN MATRIX OF CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ; OPEN SPACES COATED WITH ACICULAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS. SOME LAMELLAR QUARTZ AFTER CALCITE PRESENT; SOME QUARTZ MAY HAVE REPLACED ORIGINAL ADULARIA CRYSTALS(?) TRACES OF FE OXIDES AND MN STAIN. ZONE IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT ALONG STRIKE; SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE IS UP TO 10-15 FT THICK. AN FE-OXIDE STAINED ZONE IN THE IMMEDIATE FOOTWALL OF THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN STOPED IN ONE AREA. RICHEST ORE WAS FOUND FARTHEST EAST.

Comment (Development): 4 FULL CLAIMS (1912) ALONG STRIKE OF THE VEIN FOR 6750 FT

Comment (Workings): 1 SHAFT, SEVERAL ADITS, PROSPECT PITS, STOPES IN ONE AREA ON STRUCTURE, DRILL HOLE COLLARS AND DRILL CORE PRESENT; DRILLING DONE WITHIN PAST 10 YEARS. IN 1912, THE PROPERTY HAD 3 TUNNELS 130 FT, 48 FT AND 25 FT LONG.

Comment (Geology): ADITS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ARE ALL DRIVEN PERPENDICULAR TO THE VEIN, AND ALL CROSS-CUT THE STRUCTURE SHAFT WAS SUNK DOWN-DIP. WATER LEVEL IS JUST A FEW FT BELOW ADIT LEVEL. STREAM FLOWS ALONG N SIDE OF THE VEIN, AND THE SLOPING VEIN SURFACE FORMS A STEEP S WALL OF THE CANYON HERE.

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY POOR JEEP TRAIL FROM MEADOW VALLEY WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Production): FROM THE PHIL DOLAN LEASE ON THE PROPERTY, SHIPPED TO THE GARFIELD PLANT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, IN 5 LOTS, 1933-1935

Comment (Deposit): FOOTWALL OF THE FAULT ZONE IS EXPOSED FOR A VERTICAL HEIGHT OF 300 FT OR MORE, COVERED WITH HARD QUARTZ WHERE SILICIFICATION HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE FAULT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION ON APRIL 4, 1984.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M., 1933-1934, REPORT OF A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE EASTER MINE; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, ITEM B.

Reference (Deposit): CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN J.W. TAYLOR AND J.E. SPURR, 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167 ITEM 2.

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1937, UNR BULL VOL XXXI, NO. 5, P. 46.

Reference (Production): SMITH, A.M., 1933-UNPUB. REPORT

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.