| Deposit ID | 10046158 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M234146 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wilson-Independence Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.14595, 40.52546 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1631 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Antler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 043E | 08 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | MO RANGES LESS THAN 5 TO 20 PPM. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Pumpernickel |
| Rock description | Pumpernickel |
| (1) | -117.14595, 40.52546 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Golconda Thrust Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N-S-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| Year of first production | 1938 |
| Plant type | Leach |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Silver King Industries; Apco Oil |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Apco Independence Mining Co. |
| ID | 2600826 |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Independence Gold-Silver Mines Inc. |
| ID | 2600826 |
| Home office | Washington |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1938-1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE AU AG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^50-55 Oz/Ton Ag | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M234146 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320150246 | MRDS dep_id 10149169 merged into this record. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030010 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 2600826 |
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965; USGS Professional Paper 459-B, p. 52.
THEODORE, T.G., BLAKE, D.W., AND KRETSCHMER, E.L., 1978; NBMG REPOR T 32, P.45-48.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 86.
NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINES ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 30.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE CONSISTS OF LOOSELY COHERENT LIMONITIZED MATERIAL CONTAINING QUARTZ CRYSTALS AND CHERT FRAGMENTS FILLING SHEAR ZONES AND CAVES. ORE BODIES WERE ORIGINALLY MASSIVE SULPHIDES (PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, WHICH WERE LEACHED DURING OXIDATION, LEAVING POROUS MASSES OF OXIDE MATERIAL S. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Reporter | 12-JUL-1993 | Gosling | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 03/28/1988 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2600826 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Independence Mine |
| Current operator | Harrison Mining |
| Current controller (parent) | Earl D Harrison; Laraine Griesel |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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