Taylor Deposit

White Pine County, Nevada, United States

SilverGoldAntimonyCopperZincLead

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Commodities

PrimarySilver, Gold

TertiaryAntimony, Copper, Zinc, Lead

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typedisseminated

Model72: Polymetallic replacement75: Distal disseminated Ag-Au

Deposit sizeM

Orebody formBlanket (due to supergene redistribution); tabular masses

Ore controlFractures and crackle breccia at the axis of the NNW-trending anticline localized ore at the contact of the limestone and shale. Also, shear zones localized and acted as conduits for mineralizing solutions.

Materials

Ore mineralsArgentite, Silver, Cerargyrite, Stibnite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Calcite, Clay, Limonite, Fluorite

GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockLimestone,Shale · "Guilmette Limestone", "Pilot Shale"

Associated rockRhyolite

StructureThere are 2 prominent fracture systems associated with the anticline: one trending NNW, and one NE. some of the NNW fractures have fault offset, down on the west. Original movement was pre-ore, but reactivation occurred during Basin and Range tectonics., NNW trending asymmetrical anticline with a vertical west limb and gently dipping east limb.

AlterationPredominant alteration was jasperization of limestone, with silicification; kaolinization and sericitization of dike rock.

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1860

Last production1985

Discovery year1868

Identification

Deposit ID10310552

MRDS IDM242419

Alternate namesSoutheast pit, Northwest pit, Northeast pit, Southwest pit, Bishop pit, Argus pit, Taylor Chipps

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates39.08355, -114.68392

References

NBMG Map 84, 1983, Active Mines and Oil Fields.Division of Mine Inspection, 1983, Directory of Nevada Mine Operations active during Calendar Year 1983.Pay Dirt, Sept., 1982.Unpublished Report on Geology and Ore Deposits of the Taylor Silver District, NBMG files.Bentz, J., Smith, P., Jones, R., and Tingley, J., 1981, Field Examination Report - Mine Tour.Havenstrite, S.R., 1984, SEG Field Trip Guide, G.S.A Ann. Mtg., Reno, Nv.Drewes, H.; 1967, USGS P.P. 557Lovering, T., 1974, Jasperoid as a Guide to Mineralization in the Taylor Mining District...," Con Geol Vol 69.NBMG Mining District File 340, press clippings through 1987.Bonham, 1989Havenstrite, S.R., 1983, Geology and ore deposits of the Taylor mining district, White Pine County, Nevada, in Kral, V.E., Hall, J.A., Blakestad, R.B., Bonham, H.F., Jr., Hartley, G.B., Jr., McClelland, G.E., McGlasson, J.A., and Mousette-Jones, P., eds., Papers given at the Precious-Metals Symposium, Sparks, Nevada, November 17-19,1980: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 36, p. 14-36.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.