Liberty Gem Mine

The Liberty Gem Mine is a zinc, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,951 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Liberty Gem Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Guy Matthews

Owner Name: Liberty Gem Silver Mines, Inc.

Production

Year: 1939
Material type: ?
Description: Ap_Grade: ^18.9 % Pb, 3.3 % Zn, .015 Oz Au, 18.4 Oz/Ton Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
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: Sawtooth Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME HIGH GRADE ORE SAMPLES RAN UP TO 25% PB, 30 OZ. AG/TON.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCED IN 1939 RAN 18.9% PB, 3.3% ZN, .015 OZ/TON AU, AND 18.4 OZ/TON AG. ITEM 2 IS DEVELOPMENT ORE.

Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS

Comment (Development): 8 CLAIMS; GALENA DISCOVERED 7 FT. BELOW BOTTOM OF GULCH.

Comment (Location): 1/2 MI NE OF JUNCTION OF KELLY GULCH AND CROY CR.

References

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, 73 P.

Reference (Deposit): GREEN, W. R., 1967, LIBERTY GEM SILVER MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP J.B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814

Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

Reference (Deposit): 1967 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, OPEN-FILE REPT.

Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90; UMPLEBY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814

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