The Independence Mine is a gold mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.74139, -105.33667
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Independence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River District: Anchor Subdistrict: Bitter Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Lacaniche And Louie Marchino
Years: 1904 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FISSURES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Petzite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1904, 25 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BITTER CREEK ABOUT 0.5 MILE NORTH OF THE MEMPHIS MINE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1948 CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS, SEVERAL SHORT CROSSCUTS, A RAISE AND A WINZE. WORKINGS WERE PARTIALLY CAVED.
References
Reference (Production): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 61
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, 152 PAGES, MAP 2
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 61-62
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 26
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 88
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