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Nevada · Lander County
Past Producer

Florida Mine

Lander County, Nevada, United States
Silver Gold
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Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeSmall
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFault And Joint Fractures

Materials

Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite

Geology

Host rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFractures, Postmineral Faults
AlterationOxidation

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

Identification

Deposit ID10045208
MRDS IDM232896
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.49409, -117.05537
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.