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Florence Divide

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046685
MRDS ID M241883
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Divide
Alternate or previous names Smiling Girl, Baby Girl No. 1 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24009, 38.0205 (WGS84)
Elevation 1811
Relative position CLAIMS CROSS HIGHWAY 95 ABOUT 3.5 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH OF TONOPAH CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 042E 23,22 NW (23) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 CLAIMS AND A FRACTION BETWEEN THE SUTHERLAND ON THE NORTH AND SMUGGLER ON THE SOUTH.. UTM IS TO SHAFT ON CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result $5 - $8 /TON ASSAYS FROM RHYOLITE OUTCROSS (1920) RICHEST ORE $5/LB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24009, 38.0205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Florence Divide Mining Co
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, STOPES

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1919 WITH SINKING OF SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, P. 1139.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP FILE; CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT

  • Production

    WEED, W.H., 1920, P. 1139.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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