The Florence Mine is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 8,901 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: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.165, -106.25083
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Florence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence Mine
Secondary: Keystone Mining District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Douglas Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Medicine Bow National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 7.5 - 48+ OZ PER TON (VERY DISCONTINUOUS ORE)
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Orebody): GOLD BEARING PYRITE IN A 3-5FT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): KEYSTONE-FLORENCE MINERALIZED TREND: IN A 3-5 FT QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): 120 FT OF DRIFT AT THE 30FT LEVEL AND A SHORT DRIFT AT 100 FT
Comment (Development): AU IS DIFFICULT TO CONCENTRATE: FINELY DIVIDED AND NOT FREE MILLING. BETTER SUITED TO TREATMENT BY CHLORINATION OR CYANIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, W.H., and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bull. 50, 287 p.
Pages: p. 81.
Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P. 27
Pages: p. 27.
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