Liberty

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Lead

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000211
MRDS ID	A010248
Record type	Site
Current site name	Liberty

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-130.17258, 56.05366 (WGS84)
Relative position	SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

THE LIBERTY OCCURRENCE IS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 18 AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 1800 FEET . IT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SMALL RIDGE ABOUT 0.1 MILE EAST OF AN UNNAMED CREEK DRAINING CASEY GLACIER (ELLIOTT AND KOCH, P. 15, LOC. 54). THE LOCATION IS PROBABLY ACCURATE WITHIN A QUARTER OF A MILE. ALSO SEE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FIELD, BELOW.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Rock unit name Texas Creek

Rock description Texas Creek
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
Rock unit name	Texas Creek
Rock description	Texas Creek

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-130.17258, 56.05366	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Hyder

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010248
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	BC054
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D002759

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p."
Deposit

Byers, F. M., and Sainsbury, C. L., 1956, Tungsten deposits of the Hyder district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-F, p. 123-140."
Deposit

Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
Deposit

Cobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p."
Deposit

Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Deposit

Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE PROSPECT WAS ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1925. THE STANDARD CLAIMS, STAKED IN 1931(?), MAY COVER ALL OR PART OF THE LIBERTY OCCURRENCE. COBB'S (1978, P. 56) REFERENCE TO SCHEELITE AT THIS OCCURRENCE PROBABLY APPLIES TO SCHEELITE AT ANOTHER LIBERTY PROPERTY (BYERS AND SAINSBURY, 1956, P. 140 AND PLATE 1).
Deposit	THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS OCCURRENCE IS TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH REGIONALLY UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP (SMITH, 1977; KOCH, 1996). THE DEPOSIT (BUDDINGTON, 1929, P. 93-94) CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN AS MUCH AS 2 FEET THICK IN A 20-40-FOOT WIDE SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE. THE VEIN CONTAINS LOCAL SHOOTS OF GALENA.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THE PROSPECT WAS ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1925. THE STANDARD CLAIMS, STAKED IN 1931(?), MAY COVER ALL OR PART OF THE LIBERTY OCCURRENCE. COBB'S (1978, P. 56) REFERENCE TO SCHEELITE AT THIS OCCURRENCE PROBABLY APPLIES TO SCHEELITE AT ANOTHER LIBERTY PROPERTY (BYERS AND SAINSBURY, 1956, P. 140 AND PLATE 1).

Deposit

THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS OCCURRENCE IS TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH REGIONALLY UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP (SMITH, 1977; KOCH, 1996). THE DEPOSIT (BUDDINGTON, 1929, P. 93-94) CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN AS MUCH AS 2 FEET THICK IN A 20-40-FOOT WIDE SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE. THE VEIN CONTAINS LOCAL SHOOTS OF GALENA.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1983	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-MAY-1998	Berg, H. C.	U.S. Geological Survey

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