Galena Mine

The Galena Mine is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,102 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Galena Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Fish Haven

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 550 California Street, San Francisco, CA
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Aurichalcite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Hydrozincite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Willemite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Anglesite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE TONNAGE DETERMINED BY FIELD EVALUATOR FROM A-3, ZIP CODE 94104

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1135-B BY A.V. HEYL PAGE 33 (1963)

Reference (Deposit): USGS PRO. PAPER 111 BY B.S. BUTLER PAGE 466 (1920)

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