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Independence

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086611
MRDS ID X025635
Record type Site
Current site name Independence
Related records 10286959

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.4467, 41.65261 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 0.5 MI. UP INDEPENDENCE CREEK FROM KLAMATH RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clear Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 015N 007E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. ACC. REFERENCES PLACE MINE IN SEC 32. TOPO INDICATES 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.4467, 41.65261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N45W
    Dip 60SW
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HORSE OF SERPENTINE FILLS A LARGE PART OF FISSURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SPECIMEN ORE FROM 14 FT. WINZE IN UPPER ADIT CLAIMED TO HAVE YIELDED $43000. A QUANTITY OF RICH SPECIMEN ORE EST. TO CONTAIN OVER $25000 IN AU WAS TAKEN FROM MINE IN AUGUST, 1924. NO OTHER SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 180 FT. SHAFT W/4 LEVELS. TOTAL OF 750 FT. OF DRIFTS. SEVERAL DWELLINGS. LAST WORKED IN 1931. FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS, SEE LOGAN (1925).

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MILL RUNS INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT PROFITABLE TO MILL QUARTZ BETWEEN POCKETS TESTS ON ORE FROM LOWER ADIT INDICATED POSSIBILITY OF PROFITABLY MILLING QUARTZ OUTSIDE SPECIMEN ORE SHOOTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 430, PL. 42

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 288-9, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 446-447

  • Production

    AVERILL (1935) LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE IN VEIN, 2-3 FT THICK, NUMEROUS VUGS OF ALL SIZES ON HANGING WALL PART OF VEIN, WHERE PART OF ROCK HAS BEEN LEACHED OUT, LEAVING QUARTZ AND SOFT SEAM FILLING. HANGING WALL SHOWED GOOD BUNCHES OF ORE, BUT FOOTWALL YIELDED MOST OF THE GOLD.
Deposit 140 ACRES. APPARENTLY, SOME TIME AFTER 1935, THIS MINE WAS CONSOLIDATED INTO BUZZARD HILL MINE, INC. OWNED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS DURING PRODUCTION YEARS. SEVERAL OWNERS AND THEIR CAPITAL GAINS ARE MENTIONED BY LOGAN (1925). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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