Liberty

The Liberty is a lead mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Liberty

Commodity

Primary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hyder

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT WAS ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1925. THE STANDARD CLAIMS, STAKED IN 1931(?), MAY COVER ALL OR PART OF THE LIBERTY OCCURRENCE. COBB'S (1978, P. 56) REFERENCE TO SCHEELITE AT THIS OCCURRENCE PROBABLY APPLIES TO SCHEELITE AT ANOTHER LIBERTY PROPERTY (BYERS AND SAINSBURY, 1956, P. 140 AND PLATE 1).

Comment (Deposit): THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS OCCURRENCE IS TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH REGIONALLY UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP (SMITH, 1977; KOCH, 1996). THE DEPOSIT (BUDDINGTON, 1929, P. 93-94) CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN AS MUCH AS 2 FEET THICK IN A 20-40-FOOT WIDE SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE. THE VEIN CONTAINS LOCAL SHOOTS OF GALENA.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Location): THE LIBERTY OCCURRENCE IS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 18 AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 1800 FEET . IT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SMALL RIDGE ABOUT 0.1 MILE EAST OF AN UNNAMED CREEK DRAINING CASEY GLACIER (ELLIOTT AND KOCH, P. 15, LOC. 54). THE LOCATION IS PROBABLY ACCURATE WITHIN A QUARTER OF A MILE. ALSO SEE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FIELD, BELOW.

References

Reference (Deposit): Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p."

Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Byers, F. M., and Sainsbury, C. L., 1956, Tungsten deposits of the Hyder district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-F, p. 123-140."

Reference (Deposit): Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.

Reference (Deposit): Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p."

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