The Independence 2 Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,390 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: 5,390 Feet (1,643 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.47861, -112.30417
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Independence 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence 2 Mine
Secondary: Independence 2 Claim
Secondary: Independent 2 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Ticonderoga District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Locey Pabst Gold Co.
Owner Name: D. M. Locey (1920'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N25e
Type: L
Description: Veins Tend To Parallel Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 74.000000+-2.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 74.000000+-2.000000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN AND/OR DIKE-VEIN OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH CUTS GRANODIORITE PLUTON
Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES TO NORTH EASTERN MOST PROSPECT SYMBOL IN GROUP OF 2 LOCATED 2000 FT DUE EAST OF UNION CLAIM (UNION, OR JESSIE, MINE) NEAR TICONDEROGA GULCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FED. MINE MAP REPOSITORY DATA, REEL 4046-159.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1336, PLATE 1
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