The Florence No. 1 and 2 Adits is a mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 10,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,801 Feet (3,292 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.54333, -109.24139
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Florence No. 1 and 2 Adits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence No. 1 and 2 Adits
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Miners Basin District/N. La Sal Mtns.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 180 FT. AND 90 FT. ADITS, BOTH ARE CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., 1958 , STRUCTURAL AND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE LA SAL MTNS.: USGS PROF. PAPER 294-I, P. 358
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