The Liberty Group is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Judith Basin county, Montana at an elevation of 6,171 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,171 Feet (1,881 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.07861, -110.63167
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Liberty Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty Group
Secondary: Danny T
Secondary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Judith Basin
District: Barker District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Faith Mining Co.
Home Office: Box 1681 Helena, Mt
Owner Name: Anderson And Antonioli
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Little Belt Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Zone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km
Type: L
Description: Domal Uplift Caused By Intrusion Of Snow Creek Porphyry, Hughesville Stock With Conjugate Fracture System.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Marmatite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Workings): LIBERTY VEIN DEVELOPED BY MAIN TUNNEL ON GALENA CREEK AT WEST END OF VEIN, THE DANNY T TUNNEL, LIBERTY TUNNEL, LAST CHANCE TUNNEL AND AUGUST NO. 2 TUNNEL GOING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. ANGELA VEIN AND FRANCES VEIN LIE NORTH OF THE LIBERTY VEIN AND ARE PARALLEL TO IT. THE FRANCES TUNNEL IS NEAR THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE FRANCES VEIN
Comment (Geology): NORTHEAST-TRENDING FRANCES, ANGELA, AND LIBERTY VEINS TERMINATE AT THEIR SOUTHERN ENDS AGAINST THE ROUGHLY NORTH-TRENDING TRANSVERSE VEIN. SPLIT VEIN TO THE WEST MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF ONE OF THE ABOVE VEINS
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION AND ELEVATION OF LIBERTY TUNNEL
Comment (Production): NO PRIOR PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE BUT PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900 MAY EQUAL OR EXCEED 1913-1947 PRODUCTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951 MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P
Reference (Deposit): WITKIND, I. J., 1973, IGNEOUS ROCKS AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARKER QUADRANGLE, LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 752, 58 P.
Reference (Production): USBM I.C. 7602
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
