Liberty Deposit

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071670
MRDS ID W015181
MAS/MILS ID 0160490178
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Deposit
Alternate or previous names Big 3, Big Three, Victor Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99516, 45.45015 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position WARREN IS 20 MI SE; BLACK BUTTE IS 7 MI NE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carey Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 004E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Salmon River Canyon; 3 Tunnels W Side Witsher Creek And 2 Tunnels E Side Of Same Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE $8/TON WITH AU AT $20.67/OZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99516, 45.45015

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Fractures Parallel Veins

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG S
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Florence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James G. Irwin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on development

  • 7 Claims, Mill, Amalgamating Plate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Florence Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 46, 44 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-NOV-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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