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Liberty Gem Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070593
MRDS ID W013591
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Gem Mine
Related records 10168565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43871, 43.45679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position 8.5 MI SW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardson Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 017E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI NE OF JUNCTION OF KELLY GULCH AND CROY CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME HIGH GRADE ORE SAMPLES RAN UP TO 25% PB, 30 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone, Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Form.-Limestone, Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.43871, 43.45679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 48 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 53.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer Newton Mathews

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Liberty Gem Silver Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Guy Matthews

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18.9 % Pb, 3.3 % Zn, .015 Oz Au, 18.4 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Silver Silver 520g/mt
    Trace Lead Lead 19wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCED IN 1939 RAN 18.9% PB, 3.3% ZN, .015 OZ/TON AU, AND 18.4 OZ/TON AG. ITEM 2 IS DEVELOPMENT ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 406.3M
    Overall depth 134.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 8 CLAIMS; GALENA DISCOVERED 7 FT. BELOW BOTTOM OF GULCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, 73 P.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1967, LIBERTY GEM SILVER MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP J.B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

  • Deposit

    1967 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90; UMPLEBY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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