Independence

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168954
MRDS ID W015203
MAS/MILS ID 0160850020
Record type Site
Current site name Independence
Alternate or previous names Tungsten Group
Related records 10096363

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.39316, 45.15378 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 009 E 17 SWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.39316, 45.15378

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7039, FIG. 23.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 9-93, APPENDIX A,

  • Deposit

    NO. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references