Mine detail: Independence

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.02856, -147.46796

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Granite
Alteration processes:Joint surfaces are iron-stained.

References

MRDSA015389
DEP10002901
Reference{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1916, Antimony deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 649, 67 p.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1918, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, 469 p.}{Deposit:: Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.}{Deposit:: Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.}
ReporterC.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer