Liberty Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070094
MRDS ID W012777
MAS/MILS ID 10070092
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07321, 44.57486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 20 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE, AND 23 MI. NORTH OF WEISER, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NE OF THE EGAN GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Latitic;Diorite;Diabase
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Latitic;Diorite;Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07321, 44.57486

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 60 DEG. W.
    Dip 60 DEG. N.E.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIABASE DIKES ARE COMMON IN THE AREA. ROCK IS FINE GRAINED AND BLACK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT ABOUT 100 FEET LONG, AND SMALL STOPES ABOVE AND BELOW THE ADIT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • ORE BODY WHICH HAS BEEN DRIFTED FOR 60 FEET ABUTS AGAINST A DIABASE DIKE AND STOPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1954, MINING GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN DEVILS REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 97, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., AND WAGNER, WARREN R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DIST, WASHINGTON CO., ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 95

  • Deposit

    1954 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 97

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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