The Florence Group is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.80194, -118.12611
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Florence Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence Group
Secondary: Florence Hill Prospects
Secondary: East Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Dipping Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 2.5-3.0 % W03 UP TO 13 % W03
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Geology): A FAULT DISPLACES THE DARK BLUE-GRAY LIMESTONE WESTWARD ON NORTHSIDE OF FAULT. BUNCHES OF GOOD GRADE ORE OCCUR ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF LIMESTONE AND DRAGGED ALONG THE FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): THE FLORENCE HILL PROSPECTS EAST OF THE TOM CAT PROSPECTS ALONG THE CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE, SHOW TACTITE ZONES THAT RAPIDLY GRADE INTO BARREN LIMESTONE ALONG STRIKE TO THE NORTH.
Comment (Location): BETWEEN POLE AND OLSEN CANYONS ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE EUGENE MOUNTAINS
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONES THAT GRADE RAPIDLY INTO BARREN LIMESTONE ALONG STRIKE TO THE NORTH ZONES OF GOOD GRADE ORE OCCUR ALONG A FAULT.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SURFACE WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): HERSHEY, O.H., 1918, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
