Florence Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044353
MRDS ID M231756
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27398, 38.33049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF LIBERTY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 042E 33 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27398, 38.33049

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 30 SE
    Length 76.2M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Antone District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kirkendahl, Allen And Jacobsen, Ira
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowler, Walter
    Home office Tonopah

Comments on the production information

  • ONE SHIPMENT WAS MADE IN 1956 BY THE RAINBOW URANIUM CO. AG-PB-CU ORE WAS BEING MINED ON A SMALL SCALE ABOUT 1950-1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT ADIT WITH TWO STOPES AND AN INCLINED WINZE, SEVERAL CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 161

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LEAD MINERALS ARE IN THE HANGING WALL AND THE COPPER MINERALS IN THE FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.