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Florence

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044096
MRDS ID M231423
Record type Site
Current site name Florence
Alternate or previous names Big Florence, Horse Canyon, North Side, Gold Reef

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91844, 40.40934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 16 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crippen Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 045E 04 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN HORSE CANYON APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES EAST OF MOUTH ON SOUTH-FACING RIDGE ON WEST FLANK OF SHOSHONE RANGE. UTM LOCATION IS EASTERN ADIT LABELLED 'MINES' ON CRIPPEN CANYON TOPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Sericitic, Chloritic.

Analytical data

Result REPORTEDLY, 2-4 OZ/TON AU
Result UP TO 22 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91844, 40.40934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountains Thrust; Whisky Canyon Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Yankee Dip-Slip Fault; Laramide Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE IS BLUISH-GREY. VEINS LESS THAN 2 FEET THICK, FIVE PARALLEL VEINS, BANDED; SOME DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lewis District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LESS THAN $5000 WORTH OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS, 180-FOOT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MADRID STATED THAT FRACTURES STRIKE NW AND DIP SW.
Deposit THIS AREA WAS DESCRIBED BY SCHRADER (1934) FROM A 1930 VISIT, AT WHICH TIME WORK WAS BEING DONE BY J. ADLER AND G. FELDMAN. MADRID VISITED THIS SITE AS PART OF HIS THESIS PROJECT AND ALSO NOTED VISIBLE GOLD AND ABUNDANT SULPHIDES.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M231424, M231425 & M231426, WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED. (NOTE, ALTHOUGH EARLIER RECORDS INFERRED THAT THIS WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS MILL CREEK (UNKNOWN MRDS RECORD), THAT IS NOT THE CASE. MILL CREEK IS IN MILL CANYON SOUTH OF HORSE CANYON AND REFERRED TO BY EMMONS (1910).)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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