Mine detail: Independence Mine

Previously called 'Independence GroupIndependence Mine-Keystone Holmes AMammoth'

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.17636, -106.25952
dep_id: 10080791
mrds_id: W032156
mas_id: 560010144
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Bismuth, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
alteration: At 335 Ft Depth The Vein Was Still Leached And Altered.
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A., Wilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC)
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • 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.
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