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Liberty Mine, Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Liberty Mine | Mine |
| Cerro Colorado Mining District | Mining District |
| Cerro Colorado Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 41' 39'' North , 111° 19' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arivaca | 695(2011) | 13.3km |
| Amado | 295(2011) | 24.2km |
| Arivaca Junction | 1,090(2011) | 24.8km |
| Tubac | 1,191(2011) | 27.5km |
| Tumacacori-Carmen | 393(2015) | 28.8km |
‡Ref.: Copper Handbook (1903).
Stevens, P. (1908) The Copper Handbook, Vol. VIII.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 114 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026917, MRDS ID #M001055; and, Dep. ID #10283556, AS ID #0040190288.
A former small surface and underground Ag-Au-Pb-Cu mine located in the NE ¼ sec. 16, T.20S., R.10E., 8½ miles N of Arivaca. Owned by the Liberty Mining & Smelting Co.
Mineralization is irregular quartz-fissure vein with spotty, oxidized, argentiferous galena and minor gold and copper minerals.
Workings include shaft and pit operations. Operated sporadically fom the mid-1800's to the early 1900's, producing some 100 tons of ore averaging about 80 oz. Ag/T, 0.5 oz. Au/T and minor Pb & Cu.
Select Mineral List Type
StandardDetailedGalleryStrunzChemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘGalena Formula:PbS |
| ⓘGalena var. Silver-bearing Galena Formula:PbS with Ag |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | var. Silver-bearing Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS with Ag |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘGalena | PbS |
| S | ⓘGalena var.Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘGalena var.Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘGalena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘGalena var.Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10026917 |
|---|
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