The Little Florence Florence L. & M. is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,804 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,804 Feet (1,769 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.7092, -117.21920
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Little Florence Florence L. & M. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Florence Florence L. & M.
Secondary: Red King Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Florence Goldfield Mining Co.
Info Year: 1909
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Location): LOCATED SOUTH OF ENGINEERS LEASE AND FLORENCE MINE, GOLD- FIELD MINING DISTRICT
References
Reference (Deposit): NO. 241.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 66, P. 233, PLATE 1,
Reference (Deposit): RANSOM, F. L., 1909, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD,
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.
