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Independence Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048245
MRDS ID M800358
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine
Related records 10137972

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49464, 34.41949 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5 MILES W-NW OF MT. UNION LOOK OUT TOWER; 1.3 MILES SW OF MAVERICK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 12N 002W 32 SW OF SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 0.1 MILES NORTH OF BIG CHIEF MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49464, 34.41949
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N-S To N10w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF PROBABLE LCRET-TERT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Hassayampa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grover, H. J.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.039HA
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 440 FT TUNNEL ON THE VEIN GOES TO A DEPTH OF 250 FT. 70 FT WINZE IS SUNK 300 FT FROM THE PORTAL OF THE TUNNEL. THERE IS A 30 FT DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINZE. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 1,500 FT OF WORKINGS (1921)

Comments on development

  • CONSISTS OF FIVE CLAIMS. PROPERTY IS CONTROLLED BY J. A. FORBES (1921)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1921, VOL IX, NO 6, P. 10

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDEPENDENCE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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