Independence Shaft

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10144625
MRDS ID	W007700
MAS/MILS ID	0160730393
Record type	Site
Current site name	Independence Shaft
Alternate or previous names	Independent Claim
Related records	10069919

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-116.93427, 42.75318 (WGS84)
Elevation	2195
Location accuracy	1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	008 S	005 W	04	SWSW	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Lead	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-116.93427, 42.75318	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	State

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160730393
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W007700	MAS references MRDS
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	JV_133	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SORENSON, 1927, IBMG P-22, PLATE II A; IBMG MINES & PROSPECT
Deposit

OF THE JORDON VALLEY QUAD, 1982, V.E. MITCHELL, ET AL.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	15-OCT-1990	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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