Liberty

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234052
MRDS ID A013205
MAS/MILS ID 0021140055
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty
Alternate or previous names Liberty Lode, Liberty Mine
Related records 10002300

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -135.17556, 57.00971 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 056 S 064 E 13 NESWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -135.17556, 57.00971

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • CLAIM ACTIVE FOR FEW YEARS AROUND 1898. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. ACTIVITY CEASED; LACK OF CAPITAL & INEFFICIENT MANAGEMENT. MINERALIZATION IS PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE & MISPICKEL IN QUARTZ STRINGER LEADS WHICH CONFORM TO STRUCTURE OF COUNTRY ROCK. LOCATED IN SLATE UNIT OF SITKA GRAYWACKE. LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P 792) GEOLOGIC MAP.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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