The Liberty is a gold mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.29694, -120.64056
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Liberty MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Swauk District
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.
Administrative Organization: In Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pellard, A. C.
Home Office: Mount Vernon
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TEST RUN ON 33 TONS OF ORE RAN 0.3 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING DISCONTINUOUS MINERALIZED STRINGERS SUBPARALLEL TO BASALT DIKES IN AREA. SOME VEINS CUT DIKES AT LOW ANGLES.
Comment (Location): IN LYONS GULCH
Comment (Development): SEVERAL COMPANIES WERE ACTIVE IN AREA IN 1990 DOING DRILLING AND GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; MOST OF ACTIVITY WAS ABOUT A MILE OR TWO SOUTH OF LOCATION GIVEN HERE
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1935-1936
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, DRIFT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOSEPH, N.L., 1991, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 3-24.
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 136.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 132.
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