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Liverpool Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105713
MRDS ID W014644
Record type Site
Current site name Liverpool Mine
Related records 10245924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.99255, 46.48796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position ABOUT 3 KM NORTHWEST OF CLANCY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clancy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 003W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MINE NOT SHOWN ON CLANCY QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Dacite Dike;Alaskite Dikes;Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
    Rock description Dacite Dike;Alaskite Dikes;Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.99255, 46.48796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith, South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Type of structure Local
Structure description East-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein In East-Trending Shear Zone And Follows A Dacite Dike, Ore At Intersection With Northwest-Trending Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF THE LITTLE NELL VEIN WHICH CROPS OUT TO THE EAST AND THE MEADOW VEIN TO THE WEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Guffey, Ora B.
    Home office Helena, Mt

Comments on the production information

  • MOST ACTIVE PERIOD BETWEEN 1893 AND 1907. IF PRODUCTION FROM 1893 TO 1903 AVERAGED 500 ST/YR; PRODUCTION FOR THAT PERIOD COULD HAVE BEEN AS MUCH AS 400,000 TOZ AG AND 500,000 LB PB.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNUSUALLY HIGH SILVER CONTENT OF ORE INDICATES SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MUCH LOWER GRADE ORE MAY BE PRESENT BELOW OXIDIZED ZONE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 230M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY 750 FT LIVERPOOL SHAFT AND NEARBY 250 FT WASHINGTON SHAFT. VEIN IN A SHEAR ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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