| Deposit ID | 10078378 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026677 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Independence Lead Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sunshine Premier Mine |
| Related records | 10120426, 10145025 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.80772, 47.48547 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1155 |
| Relative position | 1 MI N OF MULLAN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shoshone(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)
Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Shoshone |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 048N | 005E | 22,26,27 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Wallace Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Wallace Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.80772, 47.48547 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Coeur D'Alene District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hecla And Bunker Hill |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Independence Lead Mines Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026677 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | WL_381 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 73
INDEPENDENCE LEAD MINES 1974 ANNUAL REPT.
SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 25 , 1968
1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 47
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INDEPENDENCE LEASED WESTERN PORTION ( 3/8 OF TOTAL AREA ) TO BUNKER HILL AND HECLA; THE EASTERN PORTION IS WORKED WITH DAY MINES, GOLD HUNTER MINES AND ABOT'S SILVER REEF GROUP (TOTALING 594 ACRES) ON BASIS OF 47.7 % TO DAY MINES, 46.3 % TO INDEPENDENCE AND 6 % TO ABOT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1975 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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