The Independence Mine is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.36611, -122.15472
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Independence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independence Mine
Secondary: Independence Lode No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Monument
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: In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED $30/TON IN AU+AG+CU+PB.
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MAIN QUARTZ VEIN IS 14-48 IN. THICK. 3,000 FT SOUTHWEST OF THE ADIT, A VEIN 4 FT THICK IS EXPOSED IN AN OPEN CUT AND CAN BE TRACED FOR 3,000 FT ON THE SURFACE ALONG THE SIDE LINES OF THE CLAIM. A SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN EXPOSED THE SAME THICKNESS OF VEIN AS IS FOUND IN THE OPEN CUT.
Comment (Workings): ADITS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, SHAFT, OPEN CUT
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON BLACK MOUNTAIN OPPOSITE AND ABOUT 0.5 MI SOUTH OF MINNIE LEE MINE. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVSION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, STS HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 25-26.
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