The Independence Mine is a gold mine located in Sweet Grass county, Montana at an elevation of 9,249 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: 9,249 Feet (2,819 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.22083, -110.21806
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Independence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Sweet Grass
District: Independence (Boulder River) Region
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Independence Consolidated Mines
Home Office: Big Timber, Mt.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1814
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT HEADWATERS OF BASIN CREEK ALONG TRUCK TRAIL.
Comment (Deposit): 2 ADITS, RAISES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 7546
Reference (Deposit): REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, USBM INF. CIRC. 7546.
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM ARSA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P 35.
Reference (Deposit): USFS, GALLATIN NF MAP, 1970
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
