The Galena Mine is a lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,119 Feet (1,865 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 38.545, -113.11806
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Galena Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galena Mine
Secondary: Independent Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake Mtns.
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clarence Ahleen
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Beaver Lake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type: L
Description: Ene Normal Faulting Resulting From Intrusion Of Quartz Monzonite Stocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 17.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 6 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN ADIT, PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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