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Florence

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173145
MAS/MILS ID 0300570245
Record type Site
Current site name Florence
Alternate or previous names Cook Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.64475, 45.5599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 001 E 19 NENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.64475, 45.5599
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 40N
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 456M
    Width 1M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Strike And Dip N50W:40N
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Birdie Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS= 5 ADITS & ONE INCLINED SHAFT ON VEIN ORE RESERVES ARE NOT WORTH CALCULATING PROPERTY ON BLM GRAZING LAND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MADISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.75 USBM EXAM REPT, MEMO 1959

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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