Gale Bank's Prospect

The Gale Bank's Prospect is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,421 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gale Bank's Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star District

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Gale Banks
Home Office: Milford Utah

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1963
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt

Type: L
Description: E-W Striking Fracture Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE GRADES ARE 10 OZ/TON AG, 4.5% PB, AND 9% ZN.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A VEIN HOSTED BY A FRACTURE ZONE CUTTING LIMESTONE. ORE IS ALL OXIDIZED, COMPRISING ON OCHEROUS, SOFT MATERIAL. MUCH FE STAINING

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, ABOUT 10 FEET DEEP, AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKES (20-27 MYBP IN AGE) OCCUR IN THE VICINITY, BUT NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEPOSIT

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Development): GALE BANKS CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE PROPERTY. VEIN FOUND BY USING L-SHAPED METAL RODS

References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1471, SCALE 1:48,000.

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521

Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINEROLOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 46

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