Independent Mine

The Independent Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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