The Independence Mine No. 1 is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 7,470 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,470 Feet (2,277 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.30778, -116.87972
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Independence Mine No. 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Mine No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Abundant Pyrite And Traces Of Chalcopyrite Form Thin Coatings In Recemented Fractures In Qtz. Vein.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BEST ASSAYS WERE OBTAINED AS FREE-MILLING GOLD FROM VUGGY PORTIONS OF VEIN WHERE QUARTZ STAINED BY LIMONITE. ASSAYS MADE BY E. EISENHAVER, LOS ANGELES, SHOWED VALUES OF $202, $532, $350/TON. DEPTHS ACROSS WIDTH OF VEIN, 1 FT., 10 FT. AND 15 FT., RESPECTIVELY.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, ONE 3-12 IN. THICK, TRACED NW FROM MINE PORTAL FOR 100 FT WHERE IT FRAYS INTO SMALLER VEINS THAT BEND IN MORE N. DIRECTION. SLICKENSIDES AND THIN GOUGE ZONES IN VEIN WALLS.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NEAR BOUNDARY OF SEC. 28
Comment (Workings): BY MAY 1957, ADIT, 75 FT. LONG, AVG. 5 FT. IN WIDTH, 6-8 FT. HIGH. 15 FT. IN FROM PORTAL, A 6X5 FT. WINZE SUNK TO DEPTH OF 15 FT. BELOW ADIT LEVEL. DEVELOPMENT CONTINUING THROUGH 1958
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
References
Reference (Production): RICHMOND AND GRAY (1960)
Reference (Deposit): RICHMOND, J.R., AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS. NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF: CALIF DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 62
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