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Independent Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036080
MRDS ID M024109
Record type Site
Current site name Independent Mine
Alternate or previous names Cashier, Harrisburg
Related records 10187679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10895, 36.36247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2.5 MI NE EMIGRNT PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildrose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018S 045E 16,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED $10-$12/TON IN GOLD, SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10895, 36.36247
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Strike N20-25E
    Dip 55-70S
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE PENDANT (?) STRIKES NW, DIPS STEEPLY NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Wildrose

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1912 RAN 0.255 OZ/TON AU, 151 OZ/TON AG, 0.864% CU, AND 3.28% PB. LAST KNOWN PRODUCTION FROM 100-FT LEVEL WHERE 170 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 1.69 OZ AU WAS REMOVED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE WAS ON DUMP

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300 AND 400 FT. BELOW SHAFT COLLAR. MAIN ADIT CONNECTS TO 100 FT. LEVEL. DRIFTS 115, 210 AND 270 FT. FROM PORTAL. AT 115 FT., S. DRIFT CONNECTS WITH SHAFT 117 FT. FROM MAIN ADIT, AND CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER 80 FT. ORE SHOOT, 100 FT. LONG, WAS STOPED ON THIS LEVEL BETWEEN ADIT CROSSCUT AND SHAFT. DRIFT 80 FT. SOUTH, 270 FT. FROM PORTAL. 40 FT. WINZE (DIP 63 SW), FOLLOWED VEIN. LITTLE WORK DONE ON OTHER LEVELS. SEVERAL PROSPECT SHAFTS AND TUNNELS NW OF SHAFT NEAR RIDGE AND TOWARD NORTH BASE OF HILL. AN ADIT 250 FT. NORTH OF MAIN SHAFT CUT 3 FT. OF QUARTZ, WHICH ASSAYED $7/TON IN GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 44, 153

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 391

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 456-460

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), GOODWIN (1957)

  • Reserve-Resource

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEINS-CARRY FREE GOLD, VARY FROM 6 IN.-12 FT. IN THICKNESS
Deposit 7 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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