The Florence Divide is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,942 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,942 Feet (1,811 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.02056, -117.23917
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Florence Divide MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence Divide
Secondary: Smiling Girl
Secondary: Baby Girl No. 1 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Florence Divide Mining Co
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $5 - $8 /TON ASSAYS FROM RHYOLITE OUTCROSS (1920) RICHEST ORE $5/LB
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 4 CLAIMS AND A FRACTION BETWEEN THE SUTHERLAND ON THE NORTH AND SMUGGLER ON THE SOUTH.. UTM IS TO SHAFT ON CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1919 WITH SINKING OF SHAFT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, STOPES
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, P. 1139.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MAP FILE; CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT
Reference (Production): WEED, W.H., 1920, P. 1139.
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.
