The Florence Mine is a silver, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.33056, -117.27306
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Florence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: San Antone District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Bowler, Walter
Home Office: Tonopah
Owner Name: Kirkendahl, Allen And Jacobsen, Ira
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT ADIT WITH TWO STOPES AND AN INCLINED WINZE, SEVERAL CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Production): ONE SHIPMENT WAS MADE IN 1956 BY THE RAINBOW URANIUM CO. AG-PB-CU ORE WAS BEING MINED ON A SMALL SCALE ABOUT 1950-1951.
Comment (Deposit): THE LEAD MINERALS ARE IN THE HANGING WALL AND THE COPPER MINERALS IN THE FOOTWALL.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 161
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
