| Deposit ID | 10013832 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010354 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Independence Mine |
| Related records | 10141963 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.9967, 38.64222 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2585 |
| Relative position | 7.4 MILES N 02 W OF SALIDA POST OFFICE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cameron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 051N | 009E | 29 | SW OF NW OF SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gahnite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Cordierite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| Rock description | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -105.9967, 38.64222 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault Trends N 35 W, Dips 45 Ne; Pleasant Valley Syncline |
| Width | 9.14M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Turret District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Overall length | 121.92M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010354 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080150155 |
BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174 & &
SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "RICHER" STREAK OF ORE 5-FT WIDE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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