Florence Group

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019532
MRDS ID DC10760
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Group
Alternate or previous names Big Shot, Payday
Related records 10124570

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03031, 45.92073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 4.5 MILES NE OF WHITEHALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 003W 18 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson Shale
    Rock description Greyson Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03031, 45.92073

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1940
Production years PRIOR 1950

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. Huckaba And L. Lindquist
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.
    First year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • $50,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, TOTALLING 500 FT, TWO ACCESSIBLE DRIFTS, AND SMALLER, INACCESSIBLE PITS AND DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L., DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUR, MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, P.39.1950

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 107, P9., 1977.

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, A.E., STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DISTRICT, JEFFERSON CO. MT, MT. SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, 1966, P.81.

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON MT. SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, 196

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16, P.115.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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