Mine detail: Liberty Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.30632, -117.29536

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Embolite, Silver, Stephanite
Gangue:	Clay, Quartz
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1945

Geology

Host rock:	Pablo
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Low-Angle Mesozoic Fault Cuts Off Ore Zone
Alteration processes:	Partial Oxidation Of Ore

References

MRDS	M231758
DEP	10044355
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 158}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.}{Production:: KRAL, 1951, P. 158.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)