The Florence No. 1 Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 58.25, -134.85000
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Florence No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Admirality - Alaska Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Alaska
District: Harris, 1st Jud.
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.
Administrative Organization: Tongass
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Admiralty - Alaska Gold Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1923
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FLAT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mt. Robert Barron
Type: L
Description: Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Copper
Ore: Pentlandite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ASSAYS SHOW THAT FLORENCE NO. 1 IS ONLY VALID DISCOVERY IN GROUP OF 20.
Comment (Location): ONE OF 20 CONTIGUOUS LODE CLAIMS LISTED UNDER MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1494. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): WORK PERFORMED DISCLOSED THAT FLORENCE NO. 1 WAS ONLY VALID DISCOVERY OF 20 CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3950, EXPLORATION OF A NICKEL COPPER COBALT DEPOSIT AT FUNTER BAY, ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN, 783 - B
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP AND GEOLOGY, CQ100, GEOLOGY OF THE JUNEAU (B - 3) QUADRANGLE, ALASKA.
Reference (Deposit): 1963 DIREXPL DMEA
Reference (Deposit): 1963 OTHER FS, VALIDATED DISCOVERY
Reference (Deposit): FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION 10 - SR - 12 (3) BY HOWARD BANTA, MARCH 1963.
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