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Independence Mine.

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031544
MRDS ID M010544
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine.
Related records 10213303

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56095, 37.71604 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 10 MILES SW OF BENTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 031E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56095, 37.71604
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 40 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN 75 FT. EAST WITH 90 FT. DRIFT TO THE SOUTH 150 FT. SHAFT, AND OPEN CUTS EXPOSE VEIN FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FT., NORTH OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 560

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 395

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 53, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 560; GQ-99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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