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Independence Mine

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286959
MRDS ID X025635
MAS/MILS ID 0060930152
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine
Related records 10086611

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.44694, 41.65263 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clear Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 015 N 007 E 31 SESENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.44694, 41.65263
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fc Ontiveros
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MN/GEOL V 43 NO 4 1947 P 430

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC 32

  • Deposit

    EVERHART, 1950, PL 74, V 46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.