Independence

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000348
MRDS ID	A010411
Record type	Site
Current site name	Independence
Related records	10161025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-149.55038, 60.66481 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-149.55038, 60.66481	ListMap

Ore body information

Thickness 1.22M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Hope District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Comments on the production information

AN UNSPECIFIED (CERTAINLY SMALL) AMOUNT OF GOLD WAS PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

MINOR DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010411

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 849-I, P. 516
Deposit

USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 44
Deposit

USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 111.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DIKE IS 10% REPLACED BY QUARTZ STRINGERS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1984	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey