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Independence Group

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069880
MRDS ID W007627
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Group
Related records 10192656

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.82156, 44.03318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 8 MI. SE OF GARDEN VALLEY, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 005E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY NW OF COON DOG MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite;Rhyolite Porphyry;Basic Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite;Rhyolite Porphyry;Basic Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.82156, 44.03318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin ; Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROMINENT FISSURES EXTEND NORTHEASTERLY ACROSS THE GROUP WITH SIMILAR STRIKE AND DIP AS OTHERS IN THE AREA.

Comments on development

  • 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1924 IN 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES, BULL.

  • Production

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, IDAHO BUR MINES & GEOL BULL. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Moody, Ula L. U.S. Geological Survey

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