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Independence Mine

Past Producer in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101950
MRDS ID DC08173
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.21886, 45.22075 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTH OF MONUMENT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Montana Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 012E 14,23 E2 OF SW (14) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT HEADWATERS OF BASIN CREEK ALONG TRUCK TRAIL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.21886, 45.22075
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Of Siliceous Gangue.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1814
Production years INTERMITTENT.

Mining district

District name Independence (Boulder River) Region

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Independence Consolidated Mines
    Home office Big Timber, Mt.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, USBM INF. CIRC. 7546.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM ARSA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P 35.

  • Deposit

    USFS, GALLATIN NF MAP, 1970

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1961

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 7546

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ADITS, RAISES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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