Mine detail: Independence Mine

Previously called 'Independence GroupIndependence Mine-Keystone Holmes AMammoth'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.17636, -106.25952

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Bismuth
Ore:	Bismuth, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	At 335 Ft Depth The Vein Was Still Leached And Altered.

References

MRDS	W032156
MAS	560010144
DEP	10080791
Reference	{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 22, 40, 81.}{Deposit:: GSW RI 23, P. 28.}{Deposit:: Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 20, 36-37, 75.}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A., Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)