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Florence Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080782
MRDS ID W032142
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Mine
Included sites Keystone Mining District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.25146, 41.16497 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NEAR KEYSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 079W 22 SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7.5 - 48+ OZ PER TON (VERY DISCONTINUOUS ORE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.25146, 41.16497
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Comments on the ore body information

  • GOLD BEARING PYRITE IN A 3-5FT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Douglas Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT OF DRIFT AT THE 30FT LEVEL AND A SHORT DRIFT AT 100 FT

Comments on development

  • AU IS DIFFICULT TO CONCENTRATE: FINELY DIVIDED AND NOT FREE MILLING. BETTER SUITED TO TREATMENT BY CHLORINATION OR CYANIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.H., and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bull. 50, 287 p.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KEYSTONE-FLORENCE MINERALIZED TREND: IN A 3-5 FT QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560010129
Editor 21-JAN-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate MAS 0560010129 = newMRDS 10229864,

Beyond USGS

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

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