The Galena Tunnel is a lead and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 8,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,701 Feet (2,652 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.55667, -111.58083
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Galena Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galena Tunnel
Secondary: South Park
Secondary: South Park Mining and Development Co.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline. Sevier Overthrust Belt
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Development): GALENA TUNNEL SAID TO HAVE REVEALED SOME GOOD ORE, BUT NO RECORDED PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): ONLY INFORMATION IS THAT THE GALENA TUNNEL INTERSECTED A VEIN AND REVEALED SOME GOOD ORE
Comment (Workings): UNKNOWN LENGTH OF TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): ONLY INFORMATION IS THAT THE GALENA TUNNEL INTERSECTED A VEIN HOSTED BY MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE, AND THAT SOME GOOD ORE WAS REVEALED ORE WAS PRESUMABLY PB-AG BEARING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920. THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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