The Independence is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,150 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: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.7917, -149.29440
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Independence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence
Secondary: Alaska Gold Quartz Co.
Secondary: Alaska Free Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Independence Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Kelly Mining Co.
Secondary: Horning/Bartholf
Secondary: Carle Prospect
Secondary: Alaska Pacific Mines
Secondary: Wasilla Mining Co.
Secondary: Alaska Pacific Consolidated Min Co
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Alaska Hard Rock Inc.
Company ID: 5001309
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1990
Production
Year: 1950
Description: 30000 Troy Ounces
Year: 1949
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1946
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1945
Description: Milled 1750 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1944
Description: Milled 600 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1915
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1914
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1913
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1912
Description: Milled 4838 Troy Ounces
Year: 1911
Description: Milled 230 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1923
Description: 1027 Troy Ounces
Year: 1921
Description: 5722 Troy Ounces
Year: 1920
Description: 3067 Troy Ounces
Year: 1916
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1943
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1910
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1909
Description: 665 Troy Ounces
Year: 1908
Description: 87 Troy Ounces
Year: 1942
Description: 30524 Troy Ounces
Year: 1941
Description: 34416 Troy Ounces
Year: 1940
Description: 32790 Troy Ounces
Year: 1939
Description: 24338 Troy Ounces
Year: 1938
Description: 18450 Troy Ounces
Year: 1937
Description: 11261 Troy Ounces
Year: 1936
Description: 641 Troy Ounces
Year: 1935
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1934
Description: 39742 Troy Ounces
Year: 1933
Description: 50 Short Tons Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Nagyagite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Economic Factors): OPERATED DURING 1982 UNTIL NOVEMBER
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES AS OF 1948 134, 718 MT NO GRADE GIVEN.
Comment (Names): KNOWN AS CARLE PROSPECT.
Comment (Deposit): OPEN STATE LAND AND PRIVATE LAND. USGS CRIB D002734
Comment (Workings): CLEAN-UP OF TAILINGS TOOK PLACE IN 1958
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1912-1920 REPORTEDLY 575,000 DOLLARS TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1936-1943 REPORTEDLY 165,000 OUNCES
Comment (Reference): MINING WORLD, 1946, P. 24
Comment (Economic Factors): DEVELOPMENT ORE IS BEING PROCESSED AT THE GOLD CORD MILL. THE GOLD CORD IS AN ADJOINING PROPERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): B1004 pp. 1, 32, 51-53, 58-65
Reference (Deposit): B1246
Reference (Deposit): MF409
Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 pp. 16, 24, 25
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-58
Reference (Deposit): B692j p. 180
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 30
Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 19
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 20
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1938a p. 170
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1939a p. 188
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1940a p. 166
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1941a p. 183
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1941a p. 179
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1942a p. 223
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1943a p. 229
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1944a p. 224
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1945a p. 229
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1946a p. 1010
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1949b p. 1358
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 21
Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 19-20
Reference (Deposit): B933C
Reference (Deposit): RI4174 p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B480i p. 147
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 29
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B607 p. 50
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 48
Reference (Deposit): B714i p. 204
Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 12
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 19
Reference (Deposit): B844B p. 127
Reference (Deposit): B849C pp. 169, 188, 215-216
Reference (Deposit): DNR 82 DIV OF PARKS
Reference (Deposit): SR31 pp. 8, 13, 21
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 19
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 20
Reference (Deposit): MR85-4 pp. 1-5
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 20
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 380727 p. 1
Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 23
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 390901 pp. 20-23
Reference (Deposit): SR33 pp. 17, 26
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26
Reference (Deposit): IR HMF 490806 p. 6
Reference (Deposit): C184 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1950b p. 1373
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1951b p. 1396
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1958 p. 93
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-001
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-002
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 085-107
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DNR 82 DIV OF PARKS p. 58
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 44, 52
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B712f p. 174
Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 77
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