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Independent Mine

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041600
MRDS ID M056708
Record type Site
Current site name Independent Mine
Related records 10180128

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87725, 48.35262 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF PARK CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepstone Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033N 031E 23 N2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA
Result PYRITE
Result GALENA
Result PYRITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Colville Batholith
    Rock description Colville Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Covada
    Rock description Covada

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.87725, 48.35262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHEAR ZONE SILICIFIED, SPARSELY MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN PIT AND 60 FT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • OPEN PIT AND ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 220.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 677, P. 99-100, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DISSEMINATED & BUNCHES TO 2' DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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