The Galena Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Galena Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galena Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna District;
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Kantishna Antiform
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GALENA ASSAYED AT 131 OZ AG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1920 AND 1921 MINE PRODUCED 100 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 17000 OZ AG
Comment (Deposit): GOUGE FILLED FRACTURE WITH 8 TO 9 FT MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN; GALENA REPORTED IN STRINGERS 2 IN THICK; VEIN HAS CONSIDERABLE HORIZONTAL EXTENT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND 60 FT TUNNEL WITH SHALLOW WINZE; UNDER GROUND WORKINGS REPORTED CAVED IN 1976
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Comment (Commodity): GOLD REPORTED IN ORE; NOT MUCH DATA ON AU OR PB CONTENT
Comment (Geology): MAY BE CONTINUATION OF LUCKY STRIKE LODE
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-23, 4-26
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 6
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 25, 30 LOC. 16, P. 43 NO. 16
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, 1923, IN STEWART, B. D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922, JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 123
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 53
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 687, P. 105-106
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