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Independence Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Beryllium
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109863
MRDS ID M800357
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine
Related records 10256896

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51463, 33.9945 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 2.2 MILES NORTH OF RED PICACHO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 002W 31 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM POSITION MEASURED TO CENTER OF SHAFT IN NW1/4 OF SECTION 31; THERE ARE ALSO THREE ADITS AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL SMALL WORKINGS ON THE INDEPENDENCE CLAIM NEAR SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51463, 33.9945
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins (And Genetically Related (?) Dikes) Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Prec Fabric

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity - Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 162, P. 103

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 8298, P.21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BERYLLIUM IS LIMITED CHIEFLY TO TWO PEGMATITE DIKES THAT LIE ON THE INDEPENDENCE CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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