Taylor Mine

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

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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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