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Liberty Group

Past Producer in Judith Basin county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Cadmium, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071391
MRDS ID W014741
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Group
Alternate or previous names Danny T, Last Chance
Related records 10294822

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63251, 47.07852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1881
Relative position HUGHESVILLE, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Judith Basin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belt(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Great Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Montana Judith Basin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 009E 07 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION AND ELEVATION OF LIBERTY TUNNEL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marmatite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
    Rock description Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63251, 47.07852
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Zone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km
Type of structure Local
Structure description Domal Uplift Caused By Intrusion Of Snow Creek Porphyry, Hughesville Stock With Conjugate Fracture System.

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 55 SE
    Length 1200M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Joint System, Transverse Vein, Hughesville Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHEAST-TRENDING FRANCES, ANGELA, AND LIBERTY VEINS TERMINATE AT THEIR SOUTHERN ENDS AGAINST THE ROUGHLY NORTH-TRENDING TRANSVERSE VEIN. SPLIT VEIN TO THE WEST MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF ONE OF THE ABOVE VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Barker District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anderson And Antonioli
  • Type Owner
    Owner Faith Mining Co.
    Home office Box 1681 Helena, Mt

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRIOR PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE BUT PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900 MAY EQUAL OR EXCEED 1913-1947 PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • LIBERTY VEIN DEVELOPED BY MAIN TUNNEL ON GALENA CREEK AT WEST END OF VEIN, THE DANNY T TUNNEL, LIBERTY TUNNEL, LAST CHANCE TUNNEL AND AUGUST NO. 2 TUNNEL GOING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. ANGELA VEIN AND FRANCES VEIN LIE NORTH OF THE LIBERTY VEIN AND ARE PARALLEL TO IT. THE FRANCES TUNNEL IS NEAR THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE FRANCES VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

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