The Independence Mine is a copper, silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 43.6711, -114.27640
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Independence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Mine
Secondary: Triumph Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Warm Springs District
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
Owner Name: Triumph Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ORE SENT TO MILL IN 1921-22 CONTAINED 5% PB
Analytical Data: 12 OZ. AG/TON. AVERAGE SHIPPING ORE CONTAINED 50.5% PB
Analytical Data: .04 OZ. AU/TON
Analytical Data: .15 OZ. AU AND 132 OZ. AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Boulangerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF INDEPENDENCE GULCH, DIRECTLY S. OF AND ACROSS GULCH OF BONANZA TUNNEL (BALTIMORE)
Comment (Production): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1883. IN 1913 IT MADE AN ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF $100,000
Comment (Development): INDEPENDENCE MINE NOW INCLUDED WITH TRIUMPH MINE, SEE NO. 83.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LEVELS, INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 59
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245.
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.
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