The Independence I is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.66611, -119.94361
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Independence I MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence I
Secondary: Twin Springs
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
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: Charles Jordan (Ownership Disputed In
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4, NE 1/4
Comment (Production): EARLY HISTORY NOT KNOWN, REACTIVATED 1934 .
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT 300 FT. LONG, DRIFT 300 FT., DEVELOPING 300 FT. OF BACKS AVERAGING AT LEAST 50 FT. HIGH.
Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED 20 ACRE CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DIKES ARE SCHISTOSE, WELL ALTERED. WALLROCKS OF CALAVERAS GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 113 , 270
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY 1957
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