Independence Mine

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Bismuth
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080791
MRDS ID W032156
MAS/MILS ID 0560010144
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Mine
Alternate or previous names Mammoth, Independence Group
Included sites Keystone District

Comments on the site names

  • 0560010144 gave Independence Mine-Keystone Holmes A as a previous name. Was unable to verify the source of this information.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.25952, 41.17636 (WGS84)
Elevation 2816
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF KEYSTONE, WY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 079W 15 SW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • BULL 50, P. 40 LISTS SECTION FRACTION AS SW
  • Likely in the area shown as a claim on the 7.5' topo map.
  • Independence Mine is in the Keystone/Holmes area (where Holmes seems to be a synonym for New Rambler). (Bull. 50, p. 39-40)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) At 335 Ft Depth The Vein Was Still Leached And Altered.

Analytical data

Result 13.5% Cu

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.25952, 41.17636

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Douglas Creek District (Keystone District)
District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT OF CROSSCUTS: 125 FT DRIFT DRIVEN ALONG THE MONARCH TREND ABOUT 1/4 MI WEST OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 22, 40, 81.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 20, 36-37, 75.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED AT INTERSECTION OF MAMMOTH AND MONARCH MINERALIZED TRENDS. E-W QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit 0560010144 mentioned that the shaft was driven into a quartz vein-shear zone junction bearing cold and copper"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 05-DEC-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-FEB-1997 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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