Panamint Treasure Mine (Taylor claim; Taylor Quartz Mine; Treasure; Gold Hill), Panamint Treasure claim group, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District, Carbonate Mining District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo County, California, USAi

Regional Level Types
Panamint Treasure Mine (Taylor claim; Taylor Quartz Mine; Treasure; Gold Hill)	Mine
Panamint Treasure claim group	- not defined -
Gold Hill	Hill
Gold Hill Mining District	Mining District
Carbonate Mining District	Mining District
Panamint Mts (Panamint Range)	Mountain Range
Inyo County	County
California	State
USA	Country

A former Au-Pb-Ag mine located in sec. 19 or 23, T22S, R47E, MDM, 2.9 km (1.8 miles) NNW of Warm Spring and 3.6 km (2.2 miles) SE of Gold Hill (1.7 miles NW of Indian Ranch, SE slope of Gold Hill in Warm Spring Canyon), on (formerly ?) private (patented) land (?) within a National Park Service wilderness land area(Death Valley National Park/Death Valley Wilderness). Discovered in 1894. Property consisted of 3 unpatented fractional claims plus a millsite on 90 acres. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters. UTM estimated, location projected; land unsurveyed - very questionable.

The Taylor Quartz Mine (20.54 acres), situated in the Cleaveland Mining District one hundred yards west of the Treasure Mine, was located first on 11 May 1889 and relocated on 28 August 1890, probably to change the mining district name and at the same time affirm ownership by the Death Valley Mining Company. It was recorded in the district 11 May 1889 and 1 September 1890, and was filed with the county recorder on 6 June 1889. Over $100 worth of assessment work was carried out on the Taylor Mine at Gold Hill, then said to be located in the Panamint Mining District, for the year 1890. The mine was subsequently patented on 21 December 1893.

The directions given for the associated Taylor Mill site (4.42 acres) variously describe it as being located in Indian Toms (also referred to as Panamint Tom's) Canyon, four miles easterly from Gold Hill, and about two or two and one-half miles east from Butte Valley. Water from the mill site, to be used for mining, milling, and domestic purposes, was to be conveyed partly by six-inch-diameter iron pipes and partly by a ditch two feet wide and one foot deep. The mill site, located on 28 August 1890 by the Death Valley Mining Company, and recorded 1 September 1890, was patented on 21 December 1893. (Greene, Linda I. (1981): IIIA.2.a)(1))

Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in limestone. The ore body is lenticular in form at a thickness of 0.76 meter. The vein is traceable for 2,000 feet with lenses up to 60 feet in length and 25 feet thick. Local rocks include Precambrian rocks, undivided, unit 1 (Death Valley).

Workings include underground openings. Most work was done on the Taylor claim where 2 adits were driven at 100 and 50 feet in length. Also, a 40 foot shaft was sunk.

Production data are found in: Norman, L.A. & Richard M. Stewart (1951); and, Goodwin, Joseph Grant (1957).

Production statistics: Year: 1932: Au-Ag ore: ^High-Grade, with 7% Pb, 0.88% Cu.

150 tons of ore were shipped and 300 tons were milled. No other production record found.

Analytical data results: average assays show 1.02 ounce Au/ton and 9.4 ounces Ag/ton, plus 3.2% Pb.

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10036089

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