The Florence Lead-Silver Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,081 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,081 Feet (939 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.00722, -110.95750
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Florence Lead-Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence Lead-Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Ripsey District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edward O. Ryden
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Sheared Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration From Sphalerite And Galena
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Mimetite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Commodity): THERE WERE 3 STAGES OF WULFENITE FORMATION WITH DIFFERENT CHROME C ONTENTS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030467 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL & KRIEGER, 1975, USGS MAP GQ-1188
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1923, USGS FOLIO 217
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, 1971, PHD. THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZONA
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
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