Independence Mine

Occurrence in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033241
MRDS ID M015540
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine
Related records 10200497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.37202, 43.19147 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES N. OF BULLARDS, ON SEVEN DEVILS RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027S 014W 33 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND, OF COMPLICATED PATTERN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.37202, 43.19147

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940 , ODGMI BULL. 14-C, V. 1 , P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE ANY WORKINGS; ITS VALUE LIES MAINLY IN THAT IT IS ON THREE SIDES OF THE PIONEER MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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