Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10070020 |
| MRDS ID |
W007855 |
| MAS/MILS ID |
0160390020 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Independence Mine |
Geographic coordinates
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-115.28654, 43.69678 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
1753 |
| Relative position |
1/2 MILE N. OF ROCKY BAR |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Idaho |
Elmore |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| Boise |
004N |
010E |
08 |
C W2E2 |
Idaho |
Comments on the location information
- On The Ridge Between Steele Cr. & Blake'S Gulch
- Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 43-41-51N 115-17-2W (43.6975 -115.28389); UTM N4839500 E638300 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 004N, RNG 010E, Sect 08, Sect_fract <blank>.
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Gold |
Primary |
| Silver |
Tertiary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Quartz |
Gangue |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name |
Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock description |
Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Cretaceous |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Cretaceous |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Cretaceous |
|
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Quartz Monzonite |
Ore body information
| General form |
LINEAR |
| Strike |
N |
| Dip |
65 DEG E |
| Width |
0.91M
|
Controls for ore emplacement
