The Florence Claims is a zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Florence Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence Claims
Secondary: Florence No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Florence No. 2 Claims
Secondary: Ellen
Secondary: Shonte
Secondary: Trident
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1761 and 3288
Secondary: (Facility) Smelter Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Freiberg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Smelter
Operation Type: 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
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 46, 1991, P. 10-11.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 69-85, 1985, P. 8-15.
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.
