The Fiorite Group is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,360 Feet (2,548 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.6633, -116.93140
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Fiorite Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fiorite Group
Secondary: Duane Group
Secondary: Kernick-Duane
Secondary: Kernick Divide Mining Co.
Secondary: Flower-Kernick
Secondary: William Duane Mine
Secondary: Flower Mercury Mine
Secondary: Flower Mine
Secondary: Flower Quicksilver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: 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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LABELED "FLOWER MINE" ON 7.5 MIN. TOPO. W.A. FLOWER LOCATED THE FIORITE CLAIM GROUP OVER WHAT IS BEST KNOWN AS THE FLOWER (MERCURY) MINE. FIORITE IS A WHITE, CRUBMLY MINERAL THAT HOSTS THE MERCURY LOCALLY. PRODUCED ABOUT 50 FLASKS OF MERCURY.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY RENO HISTORICAL FILES,
Reference (Deposit): ONLY.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, TABLE LIST
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 256.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETOM 41, 1944, P. 134, PLATE 1.
Reference (Deposit): ERVINE, W.B., 1972, STANFORD UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): NO. 213, ITEM 24.
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 24.
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.
