Independence Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070596
MRDS ID W013596
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine
Alternate or previous names Triumph Mine
Related records 10240985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27731, 43.67099 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 4 1/4 MI SSE OF KETCHUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 018E 23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF INDEPENDENCE GULCH, DIRECTLY S. OF AND ACROSS GULCH OF BONANZA TUNNEL (BALTIMORE)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Galena Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE SENT TO MILL IN 1921-22 CONTAINED 5% PB
Result .04 OZ. AU/TON
Result 12 OZ. AG/TON. AVERAGE SHIPPING ORE CONTAINED 50.5% PB
Result .15 OZ. AU AND 132 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillite, Argillaceous Quartzite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillite, Argillaceous Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27731, 43.67099

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Brecciated

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Triumph Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1883. IN 1913 IT MADE AN ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF $100,000

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL LEVELS, INACCESSIBLE

Comments on development

  • INDEPENDENCE MINE NOW INCLUDED WITH TRIUMPH MINE, SEE NO. 83.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 59

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references