The Independent is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Independent MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independent
Secondary: Independence
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1932
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED AN THE SAME MAJOR VEIN AS THE RESURRECTION MINE.
Comment (Production): OVER $5000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M., 1932, MOUNTAIN CITY MINING DISTRICT; ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
