Independence Mine No. 1

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

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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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