Nevada · White Pine County
Plant

Taylor

White Pine County, Nevada, United States
SilverGold
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Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsArgentite, Calcite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Clay, Fluorite, Galena, Jasper, Limonite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1965
Discovery year1962
Identification
Deposit ID10295948
MRDS IDD001265
Alternate namesNortheast Pit, Northwest Pit, Bishop Pit, Argus Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.07774, -114.68146
References
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