Independence Mine

Independence Mine is a producer of gold, zinc, lead, copper in Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1908 to 1984. It is one of 177 historic gold producers USGS lists in Matanuska-Susitna, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tungsten
Production years
1908 to 1984
Discovered
1907
County
Matanuska-Susitna
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
State land
USGS record
10000516

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

42 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Matanuska-Susitna page lists the biggest.