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Nevada Hills Florence Mine

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10095698
MRDS ID M231201
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Hills Florence Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18374, 39.24047 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 17,20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Stephanite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18374, 39.24047
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947; NAMG FILES

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H. A., 1973, THE STORY OF FAIRVIEW HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, NO. 5; NEVADA DEPT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND U.S.G.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT VEINS OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK
Deposit THE ORE IS IN BANDS AND BLOTCHES, MANY SILVER SULFIDES. THE ORE RAN ABOUT 100 OZ. SILVER TO 1 OZ. GOLD. THE DEPOSITS SHOW THREE OR MORE PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION. THE VEINS ARE REPLACEMENT VEINS AND CONSIST MAINLY OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED ROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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