The Liberty Bell Mine is a copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,276 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,276 Feet (1,913 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.63167, -108.39667
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Liberty Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty Bell Mine
Secondary: Copper Mountian
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Burro Mountains District: Tyrone Area; Deadman Canyon
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. P. Thompson
Home Office: Tyrone, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: C. L. Enos, Tyrone, N.M. ; J. H. Trigg Co., Roswell, N.M.
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1946
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Burro Chief Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Kaolinization And Silicification.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF THREE ADITS WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES TOTALING ABOUT 200 FT. IN LENGTH, A SHALLOW SHAFT OR A RAISE TO THE SURFACE, AND A SHALLOW OPENCUT.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE LIBERTY BELL MINE AS SHOWN ON THE WIND MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS, STRINGERS AND PODS IN FRACTURES AND BRECCIA ALONG A HIGHLY SHATTERED SHEAR ZONE. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1205.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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