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