Galena Mine

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

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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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