Liberty Bell Mine

The Liberty Bell Mine is a copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,276 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Liberty Bell Mine
Secondary: Copper Mountian

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Burro Mountains District: Tyrone Area; Deadman Canyon

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: R. P. Thompson
Home Office: Tyrone, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: C. L. Enos, Tyrone, N.M. ; J. H. Trigg Co., Roswell, N.M.
Years: 1946 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1946
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Burro Chief Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Kaolinization And Silicification.

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF THREE ADITS WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES TOTALING ABOUT 200 FT. IN LENGTH, A SHALLOW SHAFT OR A RAISE TO THE SURFACE, AND A SHALLOW OPENCUT.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE LIBERTY BELL MINE AS SHOWN ON THE WIND MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS, STRINGERS AND PODS IN FRACTURES AND BRECCIA ALONG A HIGHLY SHATTERED SHEAR ZONE. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1205.

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 53-54

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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