USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Florence Divide
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Divide District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Smiling Girl, Baby Girl No. 1 Claims
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Development: Active in 1919 with sinking of shaft
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 13 shaft symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Development: Active in 1919 with sinking of shaft Historical context: Development: Active in 1919 with sinking of shaft Florence Divi…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Florence Divide Mining Co · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Silver
- Rhyolite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (13)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428791
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (2)
- underground workings
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