Florence Group

The Florence Group is a mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Florence Group

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Texas Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains

Type: L
Description: Texas Creek Fault And Adjoining Ne-Trending Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; NEAR TEXAS CREEK (STREAM), SOUTH OF BULL RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): IRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART III: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 474.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900

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