Liberty Occurrence, Hyder Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Liberty Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Hyder Mining District | Mining District |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
56° 3' 14'' North , 130° 10' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stewart | 496 (2013) | 17.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
198495
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:198495:1
GUID (UUID V4):
2b6a2a7b-42ee-4cf7-aec6-8480b88adadf
The prospect was originally staked in 1925. The Standard claims, staked in 1931(?), may cover all or part of the Liberty occurrence. Cobb's (1978, p. 56) reference to scheelite at this occurrence probably applies to scheelite at another Liberty property (Byers and Sainsbury, 1956, p. 140 and plate 1).
Location: The Liberty occurrence is in the southwest corner of Section 18 at an elevation of about 1800 feet . It is on the east side of a small ridge about 0.1 mile east of an unnamed creek draining Casey Glacier (Elliott and Koch, p. 15, loc. 54). The location is probably accurate within a quarter of a mile. Also see Additional Comments field, below.
Geology: The country rock in the area of this occurrence is Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite, which regionally underlies and locally intrudes pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group (Smith, 1977; Koch, 1996). The deposit (Buddington, 1929, p. 93-94) consists of a quartz vein as much as 2 feet thick in a 20-40-foot wide shear zone in granodiorite. The vein contains local shoots of galena.
Commodities (Major) - Pb
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic veins
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | BC054 |
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