The Galena Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 131 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 131 Feet (40 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.56583, -117.12833
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Galena Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galena Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: The French Co.,
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1980
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Major Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR GALENA TOWNSITE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM ALL THE FRENCH'S CO'S HOLDINGS WAS $4 TO $6 MILLION IN SILVER AND GOLD WITH LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER, FOR THE WHOLE AREA.
Comment (Development): IN 1912, GALENA PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 22 CLAIMS AND 3 MILL SITES, ACQUIRED BY THE FRENCH CO. IN THE EARLY 1880'S AND MINED FOR 5 YEARS. IDLE FROM 1885 TILL AFTER 1912.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1912, THE GALENA PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 22 CLAIMS AND 3 MILL SITES, ACQUIRED BY THE FRENCH CO., IN THE EARLY 1980'S, AND MINED FOR FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER. THE MINES WERE IDLE FROM 1885 TO AT LEAST 1912, BUT PRODUCTION WAS ESTIMATED AT $4 TO $6 MILLION IN SILVER AND GOLD, FROM THE COMPANY'S HOLDINGS IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MC KEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 594.
Reference (Production): STEWART, J.H.; MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977
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.
