Mine detail: Independence Mine

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.28164, -106.18479
dep_id: 10098381
mrds_id: M045443
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Platinum, Silver
Trace mineral: Osmium, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATIONS AND PODS IN FRACTURES AND BRECCIA, QUARTZ VEINS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Amphibolite
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Shear Zones
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • 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.
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