The Liverpool Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 4,482 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: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.48806, -111.99167
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Liverpool Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liverpool Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Clancy-Lump Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Guffey, Ora B.
Home Office: Helena, Mt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Type: L
Description: East-Trending Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE NOT SHOWN ON CLANCY QUADRANGLE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): UNUSUALLY HIGH SILVER CONTENT OF ORE INDICATES SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MUCH LOWER GRADE ORE MAY BE PRESENT BELOW OXIDIZED ZONE
Comment (Production): MOST ACTIVE PERIOD BETWEEN 1893 AND 1907. IF PRODUCTION FROM 1893 TO 1903 AVERAGED 500 ST/YR; PRODUCTION FOR THAT PERIOD COULD HAVE BEEN AS MUCH AS 400,000 TOZ AG AND 500,000 LB PB.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY 750 FT LIVERPOOL SHAFT AND NEARBY 250 FT WASHINGTON SHAFT. VEIN IN A SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Geology): VEIN MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF THE LITTLE NELL VEIN WHICH CROPS OUT TO THE EAST AND THE MEADOW VEIN TO THE WEST
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R. N., ACKERMAN, W. C., FULKERSON, F. B., AND CROWLEY, F. A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONT.: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 16, 122 P.
Reference (Deposit): SMEDES, H. W., 1966, GEOLOGY AND IGNEOUS PETROLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, JEFFERSON AND BROADWATER COUNTIES, MONT.: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 510, 116 P.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL. 16
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.
