Mine detail: Florence

Previously called 'Big FlorenceHorse CanyonNorth SideGold Reef'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.40934, -116.91844

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Malachite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Greenstone
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Roberts Mountains Thrust; Whisky Canyon Thrust, Yankee Dip-Slip Fault; Laramide Faulting
Alteration processes:	Propylitic, Sericitic, Chloritic.

References

MRDS	M231423
DEP	10044096
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88, PART II.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1934, THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT AND GOLD VEINS IN HORSE CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS INFO. CIRC. 10.}{Deposit:: MADRID, R. ,1990, PERSONAL COMM.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 408.}{Reserve-Resource:: STAGER (1977)}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D., Marcus, S., Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)