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Independence mine

Coordinates: 45°8′56″N 115°23′39″W / 45.14889°N 115.39417°W / 45.14889; -115.39417
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The Independence Mine was a larger producing mine in the Pine Creek region of the Coeur d'Alene mining district in Idaho. It produced lead, silver, and copper.[1] The mine claim borders the Bunker Hill Sullivan mine claim, and work in on the mine was stopped in the 1940s. It was a major producer during both world wars. It also had a large hand in the development of Pinehurst, Idaho.[1]

Its ore body was unique, and leads to question about the formation of silver valley and belt supergroup of which it was an ore body in the Prichard formation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mitchell, Victoria E. of the Idaho Geological Survey. "History of Selected Mines in the Pine Creek Area, Shoshone County, Idaho".

45°8′56″N 115°23′39″W / 45.14889°N 115.39417°W / 45.14889; -115.39417