The Nevada Hills Florence Mine is a mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Nevada Hills Florence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Hills Florence Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS IN BANDS AND BLOTCHES, MANY SILVER SULFIDES. THE ORE RAN ABOUT 100 OZ. SILVER TO 1 OZ. GOLD. THE DEPOSITS SHOW THREE OR MORE PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION. THE VEINS ARE REPLACEMENT VEINS AND CONSIST MAINLY OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEINS OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947; NAMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H. A., 1973, THE STORY OF FAIRVIEW HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, NO. 5; NEVADA DEPT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND U.S.G.S.
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.
