The Liberty Loan Claim is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Liberty Loan Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty Loan Claim
Secondary: Liberty Bond Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Rebel Creek District (New Goldfield
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
Owner Name: Crittenden And Crutchfield
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB-0-1.4,
Analytical Data: AG-0.58 - 4.06 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: AU-TRACE
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 4 MILES S. OF REBEL CREEK
Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: VEIN 1.5 TO 3 FT. WIDE; SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS. IT WAS LOCATED MAY 4TH 1918 BY S. H. CRITTENDEN AND W. F. CRITCHFIELD. ORIGINALLY LOCATED BY JOHN O'HARA IN 1907 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): UNSIGNED NOTES DATED 5/3/20 AND 5/4/20 ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES UNDER REBEL CREEK DISTRICT
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.
