Nevada · White Pine County
Producer

Liberty Pit

White Pine County, Nevada, United States
CopperMolybdenumGoldPalladiumZincLeadPlatinumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryMolybdenum, Gold, Palladium, Zinc, Lead, Platinum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model58: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formDISSEMINATED
Ore controlFault
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Fluorite, Malachite, Molybdenite
GangueActinolite, Apatite, Biotite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ely Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureSedimentary Strata Have Been Tilted, Folded, And Complexly Faulted, Many Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1907
Identification
Deposit ID10037320
MRDS IDM031297
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.25772, -114.99865
References
SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85, PART II, P. 64-75SMITH, 1976