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Galena

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012860
MRDS ID D008842
Record type Site
Current site name Galena
Related records 10147676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.857, 45.3124 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES N OF ARGENTA., Within 200 Ft Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 17 SE OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT SE OF DEXTER MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Argenta Stock
    Rock description Argenta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) Three Forks and Jefferson Formations
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 70 S
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • GALENA SHAFT SUNK 60 FT. IN 1929.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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