Taylor Copper Mine

The Taylor Copper Mine is a copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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.