The Independence Lead Mine is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,789 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,789 Feet (1,155 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.4856, -115.80670
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Independence Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Lead Mine
Secondary: Sunshine Premier Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene 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: Independence Lead Mines Co.
Owner Name: Hecla And Bunker Hill
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Bitterroot Mountains - Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): 31 CLAIMS. WORK DONE FROM THE 7300 FT LEVEL OF STAR MINE
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1500 FT DRIFTING ALMOST PARALLEL TO THE INDEPENDENCE FAULT PROPOSED IN 1974
Comment (Deposit): INDEPENDENCE LEASED WESTERN PORTION ( 3/8 OF TOTAL AREA ) TO BUNKER HILL AND HECLA; THE EASTERN PORTION IS WORKED WITH DAY MINES, GOLD HUNTER MINES AND ABOT'S SILVER REEF GROUP (TOTALING 594 ACRES) ON BASIS OF 47.7 % TO DAY MINES, 46.3 % TO INDEPENDENCE AND 6 % TO ABOT.
Comment (Location): ALONG MILL CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 73
Reference (Deposit): INDEPENDENCE LEAD MINES 1974 ANNUAL REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 47
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 25 , 1968
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