The Liberty Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.30639, -117.29444
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Liberty Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: San Antone District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: W. E. King And H. J. Kneifel
Home Office: Tonopah
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Low-Angle Mesozoic Fault Cuts Off Ore Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partial Oxidation Of Ore
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Embolite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LEE VEIN, PALESTINE VEIN, MACEDON VEIN, SHAKESPEARE VEIN
Comment (Location): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Production): REPORTED PRODUCTION OF $500,000 DURING 1910-1912.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 600 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 158
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 158.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
