The Independence Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Independence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Mine
Secondary: Carter Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1907-08
Comment (Location): USGS MF-367, LOC. 1 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BEFORE 1908; MINED FOR A YEAR OR TWO ABOUT 1912; ABANDONED BEFORE 1920
Comment (Deposit): QUART VEIN AVERAGING 2 FT IN THICKNESS ALONG HANGING WALL OF RHYOLITE DIKE; GOLD OCCURS IN FE-STAINED VUGS AND CREVICES, AND IN MAGNETITE GRAINS; A LITTLE GOLD DISSEMINATED IN WALL ROCK
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 60 FT TUNNEL, 60 FT WINZE, AND 80 FT OF DRIFTS ON 2 LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEIN AND WALL ROCK ARE SEAMED WITH VEINS OF IRON CARBONATE
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-367-01
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1246, P. 228
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 578, P. 28-29, 40
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 410, P. 64
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 345, P. 48
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