Independence Lead Mine

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078378
MRDS ID W026677
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Lead Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunshine Premier Mine
Related records 10120426, 10145025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.80772, 47.48547 (WGS84)
Elevation 1155
Relative position 1 MI N OF MULLAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 22,26,27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG MILL CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.80772, 47.48547

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hecla And Bunker Hill
  • Type Owner
    Owner Independence Lead Mines Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 1500 FT DRIFTING ALMOST PARALLEL TO THE INDEPENDENCE FAULT PROPOSED IN 1974

Comments on development

  • 31 CLAIMS. WORK DONE FROM THE 7300 FT LEVEL OF STAR MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDEPENDENCE LEASED WESTERN PORTION ( 3/8 OF TOTAL AREA ) TO BUNKER HILL AND HECLA; THE EASTERN PORTION IS WORKED WITH DAY MINES, GOLD HUNTER MINES AND ABOT'S SILVER REEF GROUP (TOTALING 594 ACRES) ON BASIS OF 47.7 % TO DAY MINES, 46.3 % TO INDEPENDENCE AND 6 % TO ABOT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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