Galena Hill Mine

The Galena Hill Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Galena Hill Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 39.36889, -119.78111

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Galena Hill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Galena Hill Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4060


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Galena District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cerrussite And Hemimorphite Are Present


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Cerussite


Comments

Comment (Development): ORE PRODUCED IN 1929 NO RECORD OF ORE GRADE ; ECON.COM: 60 TONS ORE

Comment (Geology): CENTRAL PORTION OF SHEAR ZONE COVERED BY KATE PEAK ANDESITE MINERALIZATION EXPOSED AT THE SURFACE REVEALING ORIGINAL SULFIDES. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A FAULT ZONE WHICH CUTS FINE GRAINED HORNFELS.

Comment (Deposit): AT PRESENT,IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SEE EVIDENCE OF THE OLD MINE WORKINGS MENTIONED BY HUMPHREY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY ONE 900 FOOT ADIT, SOME OPEN CUTS, 2 30-TON CARS SHIPPED TO HAZEN IN 1929, NO RECORD OF VALUE. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PATENTED CLAIM AND (IN 1946) 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ONLYSECONDARY OXIDATION PRODUCTS VISIBLE ON DUMPS. ONE PATENTED CLAIM SAID TO EXIST HAVE (HUMPHRY, 1945) GALENA HILL PATENT IS IN NE 1/4 SEC G, PATENT PLAT SHOWS ORIZABO CLAIM WHERE GALENA HILL MINE IS SHOWN ON THE 7 1/2 QUAD MAP.


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO., NEV. NBM&G BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): HUMPHRY, F.L. UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBM&GFILES, 1945

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBM&G FILES, 1943

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, GALENA MINING DISTRICT,WASHOE COUNTY, TINGLEY SITE VISIT 6-13-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.