Florentia Mine

The Florentia Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Florentia Mine
Secondary: Florencia Mine-Florencia Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Verde District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Benites And D'Arcy
Years: 1949 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w

Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Gabbro
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE MINED MAY HAVE COME FROM UNITE VERDE EXTENTION MINE. IF SO, THEN DIMENSIONAL DATA ARE SIMILAR TO THE U.V.X.

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LESN IN METARHYOLITE OR NEAR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND GABBRO

Comment (Deposit): ORE PROBABLY TAKEN FROM U.V.X. WORKINGS. SEE U.V.X. FOR DETAILED DATA. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): THE FLORENTIA IS A SURFACE CLAIM THROUGH WHICH MATERIAL FROM THE UNITED VERDE EXT WAS REMOVED. THE FLORENTIA CLAIM IS THE SOUTHEASTERN MOST OF THE UNITED VERDE EXTENSION GROUP OF 4 CLAIMS. THE ORE REMOVED MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT THE AUBREY OR EDITH SHAFT, OR OUT THE COLUMBIA SHAFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FEDERAL MINE MAP REPOSITORY, REEL 4046-178

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA (CLAIM MAPS)

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