Mine detail: Independence Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.15378, -115.39316

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Beryllium, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Ore: Bertrandite, Fluorite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: SEAMS, PODS, STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1898

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Yellowjacket Formation-Argillite , Quartzite, Limestone;Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss,Argillite
Structure:Minor Faults
Alteration processes:Silicification, Sericitization, Calcification , Oxidation

References

MRDSW015203
DEP10096363
Reference{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.}{Deposit:: KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, P. 48}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903 GENERAL REFERENCES}{Deposit:: 5) PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: USBM REPT. INV. 7148, 169 P.}{Deposit:: 1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* ANNUAL REPT.}{Deposit:: 1913 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* ANNUAL REPT.}{Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44}{Deposit:: 1968 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 7148}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.