The Independent Claim is a mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.7533, -116.93330
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Independent Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independent Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: South Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Vida Consolidated Mines 1926
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Ilvaite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS ALWAYS FOUND IN THE SCHIST AND CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE. THE DIORITE WHICH BORDERS THE SCHIST AND LIMESTONE HAS CLEARLY ALTERED THEM BY CONTACT METAMORPHISM.
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT HEAD OF WILLIAMS CREEK, WHICH DRAINS INTO JORDAN CREEK
Comment (Geology): AGE OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST IS UNKNOWN, PRE CRET.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AN OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO, 20TH ANNUAL REPORT, U.S.G.S. P. 75 -205 (PT. 3)
Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPT
Idaho Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Idaho" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Idaho. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Idaho.
