The Florence is a mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3364, -103.63190
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Florence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Florence
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Galena 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: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Double Rainbow Mines. Inc
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: South Dakota
Info Year: 1975
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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
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): HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
Comment (Production): Ingham (1882) claimed that the Florence was producing $25,000 worth of silver per month in about 1880 and that a silver brick weighing from 1,000 to 1,300 ounces was cast every other day.
References
Reference (Deposit): HIA,452 P
Reference (Deposit): INGHAM, G T,1888,DIGGING GOLD AMOUNG THE ROCKIES:HUBBARD, PH
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY,323P
Reference (Deposit): ING DISTRICT,BLACK HILLS,SOUTH DAKOTA: PH D TAESIS S DAKOTA
Reference (Deposit): GRUNWALD,ROSS R 1970 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GAL
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