The Pittsburg-Liberty is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.36722, -119.12222
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Pittsburg-Liberty MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pittsburg-Liberty
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Masonic
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS AVG. $20/TON IN AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SOME AU ORE RUNS AS HIGH AS $300/TON
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 NE 1/4 16
Comment (Production): REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $700000 . NO OFFICIAL PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 5 PARALLEL VEINS
Comment (Workings): 172 FT. SHAFT, 2 TUNNELS CUTTING VEIN AT DEPTHS OF 271 FT. AND 413 FT. TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AGGREGATE 6000 FT. FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING SKETCHES, SEE EAKLE & MCLAUGHLIN ( 1917 ) P. 163 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HORSES, OR BLOCKS OF BARREN ORE, COMPOSED OF GRANITE ARE COMMON IN MINERALIZED ZONE
Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS INCL. PITTSBURG, PITTSBURG NO. 2 , LIBERTY AND LIBERTY NO. 2 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 131 .
Reference (Deposit): EAKLE, A. S. AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 161 - 163 .
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