Mine detail: Independence

Previously called 'Cougar - Independence Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.85402, -118.40577

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Arsenic
Ore: Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:Argillite
Associated rock:Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM014808
DEP10032975
Reference{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL 14-B, P.47}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.79}{Deposit:: KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.33}{Deposit:: YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS}
ReporterLee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.