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Florence Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Chromium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102046
MRDS ID DC11784
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Mine
Alternate or previous names Cook

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09531, 45.76434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 4 AIR MILES SE OF RENOVA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 004W 09 N2 OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09531, 45.76434
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Renova) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mike Dilulo
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railway Co.
    First year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R.D., 1965, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1964; MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 46, P. 22

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT REPORTED IN LATE 50'S, EARLY 60'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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