Galena King Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019999
MRDS ID DC12146
Record type Site
Current site name Galena King Mine
Related records 10129821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33358, 40.45855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 8,800 FT S 89 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 004W 19 SW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Hornfels, Hydrothermally Altered Galena King Gouge

Analytical data

Result SULPHIDE ORE: 50% PB, 40 OZ./TON AG
Result ASSAYS AROUND 1932: 30% PB, 8 OZ./TON AG, SLIGHT CU AND AU, SOME ZN SHIPPED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33358, 40.45855

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Between Ophir Anticline To West And Pole Canyon Syncline To East
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northward Trending, Westward Dipping Fissures And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, CHIMNEY
    Strike E
    Dip 65N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Galena King Bed Gouge Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKES NORTHWARD TRENDING WESTWARD DIPPING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co.
    Home office C/O Carr Fork Project, P.O. Box 238, Tooele, Ut. 84074

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2438.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINE SHAFTS, ONE 500 FT, ONE 1000 FT. LEVELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AT 300, 400, 500, 600, 650, 800, 900 AND 1000 FT., TWO LONG CROSSCUTS ON THE 300 FT. LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • INCLUDES GALENA KING, SILVER KING, SILVER KING NO. 2, SILVER KING WEST EXTENSION, FIRST EXTENSION WEST OF SILVER KING NO. 2, TERESA AND OTHER CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLANKET REPLACEMENT 300 FT. LONG BY 300 FT WIDE AND 1 TO 6 FT. THICK CONNECTED TO CHIMNEY REPLACEMENT 35 FT. DIAMETER. THE BLANKET EXTENDED FROM THE 300 LEVEL ALMOST TO THE SURFACE; THE CHIMNEY STARTED AT THE 300 LEVEL AND EXTENDED TO THE 800 LEVEL AS SOMEWHAT LESS STRONGLY TO THE 1000 LEVEL. SEVERAL STOPES OCCURRED EAST OF THE SHAFT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.