The Taylor X Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Taylor X Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor X Claims
Secondary: Taylor Claims Ml96
Secondary: Ml90
Secondary: Ml91
Secondary: Ml89
Secondary: And Ml88
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Oracle District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1948
Material type: ORE W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^36% Wo3
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1-5% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic Ep; Some B-Potassic; Skarn
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): E CENTER SECTION 18.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF CU, AG, AU IN EARLY 1900'S.ITEM 1 IS PRODUCTION OF A 'FEW TONS' OF ORE.
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): ADIT AS PLOTTED ON TOPO. THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000823 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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