Mine detail: Liberty Pit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.25772, -114.99865

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Gold, Palladium, Zinc, Lead, Platinum, Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Fluorite, Malachite, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Apatite, Biotite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Ely Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Sedimentary Strata Have Been Tilted, Folded, And Complexly Faulted, Many Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M031297
DEP	10037320
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85, PART II, P. 64-75}{Production:: SMITH, 1976}
Reporter	Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph), Peterson, Jocelyn A.