The Florence Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.98167, -114.59528
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Florence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1566
Secondary: Lady No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS, CHIMNEYS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINE DEVELOPED ALONG N 10-50 E VERTICAL FRACTURE ZONE IN LIMESTONE. QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN IS DEVELOPED ALONG ZONE, WITH CLOTS OF RED-BROWN AND YELLOW-BROWN GOSSAN IN VEIN. GOSSAN AREAS WITH JASPEROID, ARE 2-6 FT WIDE ALONG THE STRUCTURE. WHITE QUARTZ-GOSSAN CONTAINS CLOTS OF GALENA RIMMED WITH ANGLESITE. ORE ZONES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN SHOOTS AND CHIMNEYS WHICH FORMED WITHIN THE MAJOR N 10-50 E STRUCTURE; ALL ARE NEAR-VERTICAL. LIMESTONE HOST IS MODERATELY BLEACHED NEAR THE MINERALIZED STRUCTRES.
Comment (Workings): MAP SHOWS TWO SHAFTS AND ONE ADIT. ADIT WITH WINZE INSIDE, CUTS AND OPEN STOPES UPSLOPE TO NE (1984)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, C.M. & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 73, P. 150.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V. AND QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/16/1984
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.
