Independence Mine

The Independence Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,239 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Independence Mine
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Independence Group
Secondary: Keystone District

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Bismuth

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Keystone 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: Medicine Bow National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: At 335 Ft Depth The Vein Was Still Leached And Altered.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 13.5% Cu

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bismuth
Ore: Chalcanthite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): Likely in the area shown as a claim on the 7.5' topo map.

Comment (Deposit): 0560010144 mentioned that the shaft was driven into a quartz vein-shear zone junction bearing cold and copper"

Comment (Workings): 100 FT OF CROSSCUTS: 125 FT DRIFT DRIVEN ALONG THE MONARCH TREND ABOUT 1/4 MI WEST OF THE SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED AT INTERSECTION OF MAMMOTH AND MONARCH MINERALIZED TRENDS. E-W QUARTZ VEIN

Comment (Location): BULL 50, P. 40 LISTS SECTION FRACTION AS SW

Comment (Location): Independence Mine is in the Keystone/Holmes area (where Holmes seems to be a synonym for New Rambler). (Bull. 50, p. 39-40)

Comment (Names): 0560010144 gave Independence Mine-Keystone Holmes A as a previous name. Was unable to verify the source of this information.

References

Reference (Deposit): GSW RI 23, P. 28.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 22, 40, 81.
Pages: p. 22, 40, 81.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 20, 36-37, 75.

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