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Independence 2 Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048178
MRDS ID M800235
Record type Site
Current site name Independence 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Independence 2 Claim, Independent 2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30491, 34.47866 (WGS84)
Elevation 1643
Relative position 2.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF POLAND JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001E 30 SE OF SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES TO NORTH EASTERN MOST PROSPECT SYMBOL IN GROUP OF 2 LOCATED 2000 FT DUE EAST OF UNION CLAIM (UNION, OR JESSIE, MINE) NEAR TICONDEROGA GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 74
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30491, 34.47866
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Tend To Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN AND/OR DIKE-VEIN OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH CUTS GRANODIORITE PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Locey Pabst Gold Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner D. M. Locey (1920'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FED. MINE MAP REPOSITORY DATA, REEL 4046-159.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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