The Independence Mine is a lead mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,398 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: 7,398 Feet (2,255 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 43.6711, -114.27640
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Mine Description
The Independence mine is near the head of Independence Gulch, directly south and across the gulch from the Bonanza tunnel of the Baltimore mine. It was formerly one of the leading producers in the Hailey district, being worked intermittently from 1883 until the early nineteen twenties. In 1940 the Independence holdings came under control of the Triumph Mining Co.The mine workings comprise several levels, four of which were entered from the surface. With a few exceptions, the workings were inaccessible at the time of the visit. For this reason no attempt was made to record the geology. For a more detailed description of the mine, the reader is referred to U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 814, pp. 174-178.
Source: Detailed Geology of Certain Areas in the Mineral Hill and Warm Springs Districts, Blain County Idaho. Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1950
Independence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON A L 1950 IDA BMGEOL PAM 90 P 59
Reference (Deposit): PROD:UNKNOWN
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