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Liberty Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044355
MRDS ID M231758
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29536, 38.30632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position WESTERN SIDE OF THE SAN ANTONIO MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 042E 07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THREE PATENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Embolite Ore
Silver Ore
Stephanite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial Oxidation Of Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Pablo
    Rock description Pablo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29536, 38.30632
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Low-Angle Mesozoic Fault Cuts Off Ore Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N35-70W
    Dip 47-72NE
    Width 14.63M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hematized Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name San Antone District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. E. King And H. J. Kneifel
    Home office Tonopah

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED PRODUCTION OF $500,000 DURING 1910-1912.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 600 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 158

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 158.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEE VEIN, PALESTINE VEIN, MACEDON VEIN, SHAKESPEARE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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