Mine detail: Independence Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.28164, -106.18479

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum, Silver
Tertiary:	Osmium, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATIONS AND PODS IN FRACTURES AND BRECCIA, QUARTZ VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Amphibolite
Structure:	Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M045443
DEP	10098381
Reference	{Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9, 11.}{Deposit:: OSTERWALD, F.W., OSTERWALD, D.B., LONG, J.S., JR., AND WILSON, W.H., 1959, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING (REVISED ED.): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 50, P. 81, 151.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN * PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 97-99.}{Deposit:: HAUSEL, W.D., 1980, GOLD DISTRICTS OF WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING REPORT OF INVESITGATIONS 23, P. 36.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.