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Florence Claims

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098666
MRDS ID M241725
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Claims
Alternate or previous names Florence No. 2 and Florence No. 1 Claims
Related records 10246277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.59837, 37.93023 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 60 MILES WEST OF PIOCHE & 100 MILES SOUTH OF ELY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Worthington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 01N 57E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS UNSURVEYED. ONE MILE EAST OF WORKINGTON PEAK. ROADSIDE MINE IS 12 MILES NORTH; DRESSER MINE ON BADGE CREEK IS 18 MILES NW (1919). IN CHERRY CREEK? EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 0-0.4 OZ AU & 0.36-102.54 OZ AG/TON, 0-4.0% CU AND 0-21.7% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major Folds; Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding, Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Freiberg

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. C. Murray Had Option.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Briscoe, W. L. Leland, G. A. Young And T. Young.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 32.31M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN ADIT. SHAFT HAS LEVELS AT 45 AND 106 FT. OPEN CUTS, VERTICAL SHAFT

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL BUILDINGS EXISTED AT THE SITE, INCLUDING A 10-TON PB-SILVER SMELTER. 5 CLAIMS PLUS A FRACTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, DISTRICT FILE REPORT, NO. 169, ITEM 1, (1919) BY GEOLOGIST FOR CONSOLIDATED MINING AND SMELTING CO.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, G.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H.,1973, NBMG BULL 73, P. 172

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FRACTURE ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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