Mine detail: Taylor Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.56201, -78.4564

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Ore: Bindheimite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Fluorite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite
Orebody form: LINEAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1943

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Albite Granodiorite
Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Albite Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Homocline, Ne-Sw Trend, Spewmarrow Syncline
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW031208
DEP10080125
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: ARGYLE (1946)}{Deposit:: ARGYLE, B.E., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VA., TUNGSTEN AREA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3857, 5 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1947, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF VANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 948-A, 17 P.}{Deposit:: LAURENCE, R.A., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, IN RIDGE, J.D., (ED.), ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, VOL. I: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 155-168.}{Deposit:: PARKER, J.M., III, 1963, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE HAMME TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1122-G, 69 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP G.H. ESPENSHADE: BULLETIN ISSUED.}{Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: AREA TRENCHED AND DRILLED.}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP J.M. PARKER, III: BULLETIN ISSUED.}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: SITE INSPECTED.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.