The Independence 1-5 Prospects is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.3881, -114.87220
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Independence 1-5 Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence 1-5 Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Yankee Fork District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eddie Martin, Ralph Fieldman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Ne Striking Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FIVE FT SAMPLE CUT ACROSS VEIN CONTAINED $20/TON OF GOLD AND SILVER
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings Consist of Prospect Pit; and Two Adits, 25 Ft and 30 Ft.
References
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 352, P. 185.
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