The Independent Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,098 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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.3625, -117.10806
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Independent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independent Mine
Secondary: Cashier
Secondary: Harrisburg
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Wildrose
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED $10-$12/TON IN GOLD, SILVER
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE PENDANT (?) STRIKES NW, DIPS STEEPLY NE.
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1912 RAN 0.255 OZ/TON AU, 151 OZ/TON AG, 0.864% CU, AND 3.28% PB. LAST KNOWN PRODUCTION FROM 100-FT LEVEL WHERE 170 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 1.69 OZ AU WAS REMOVED.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS-CARRY FREE GOLD, VARY FROM 6 IN.-12 FT. IN THICKNESS
Comment (Workings): 400 FT. INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300 AND 400 FT. BELOW SHAFT COLLAR. MAIN ADIT CONNECTS TO 100 FT. LEVEL. DRIFTS 115, 210 AND 270 FT. FROM PORTAL. AT 115 FT., S. DRIFT CONNECTS WITH SHAFT 117 FT. FROM MAIN ADIT, AND CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER 80 FT. ORE SHOOT, 100 FT. LONG, WAS STOPED ON THIS LEVEL BETWEEN ADIT CROSSCUT AND SHAFT. DRIFT 80 FT. SOUTH, 270 FT. FROM PORTAL. 40 FT. WINZE (DIP 63 SW), FOLLOWED VEIN. LITTLE WORK DONE ON OTHER LEVELS. SEVERAL PROSPECT SHAFTS AND TUNNELS NW OF SHAFT NEAR RIDGE AND TOWARD NORTH BASE OF HILL. AN ADIT 250 FT. NORTH OF MAIN SHAFT CUT 3 FT. OF QUARTZ, WHICH ASSAYED $7/TON IN GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): 7 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE WAS ON DUMP
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 456-460
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), GOODWIN (1957)
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 44, 153
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 391
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