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Liberty Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026917
MRDS ID M001055
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Mine
Related records 10283556

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.31986, 31.69402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position 8 1/2 MILES N OF ARIVACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 010E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 16 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.31986, 31.69402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, SPOTTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Colorado District

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1885 - 1910
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^80 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.5 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Pb, Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 2259g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM MID - 1880'S TO EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND PIT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 114

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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