Mine detail: Liberty Group

Previously called 'Danny TLast Chance'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.07852, -110.63251

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Cadmium, Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Marmatite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1897

Geology

Host rock:	Madison Limestone
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Associated rock:	Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Zone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km, Domal Uplift Caused By Intrusion Of Snow Creek Porphyry, Hughesville Stock With Conjugate Fracture System.
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountain Foreland

References

MRDS	W014741
DEP	10071391
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951 MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P}{Deposit:: WITKIND, I. J., 1973, IGNEOUS ROCKS AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARKER QUADRANGLE, LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 752, 58 P.}{Production:: USBM I.C. 7602}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H.