Fiorite Group

The Fiorite Group is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,360 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: Fiorite Group
Secondary: Duane Group
Secondary: Kernick-Duane
Secondary: Kernick Divide Mining Co.
Secondary: Flower-Kernick
Secondary: William Duane Mine
Secondary: Flower Mercury Mine
Secondary: Flower Mine
Secondary: Flower Quicksilver Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LABELED "FLOWER MINE" ON 7.5 MIN. TOPO. W.A. FLOWER LOCATED THE FIORITE CLAIM GROUP OVER WHAT IS BEST KNOWN AS THE FLOWER (MERCURY) MINE. FIORITE IS A WHITE, CRUBMLY MINERAL THAT HOSTS THE MERCURY LOCALLY. PRODUCED ABOUT 50 FLASKS OF MERCURY.

References

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY RENO HISTORICAL FILES,

Reference (Deposit): ONLY.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, TABLE LIST

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 256.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETOM 41, 1944, P. 134, PLATE 1.

Reference (Deposit): ERVINE, W.B., 1972, STANFORD UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 213, ITEM 24.

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 24.

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.