Alpine Galena Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021309
MRDS ID DC15626
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Galena Mine
Related records 10203166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7419, 40.47522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 13,800 FT S67W OF BOX ELDER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpanogos Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Lone Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 002E 17 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOX ELDER CANYON, NEAR THE MOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.2 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gardison Limestone
    Rock description Gardison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7419, 40.47522

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alpine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LEAD AND SILVER ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • A DUMP IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULLETIN 1135-B, PG. B67-B68

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., AND L.L. PATTEN, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND, SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 67-68.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A. AND M.D. CRITTENDEN, JR., 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TIMPANOGOS CAVE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-132.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 111, P. 284.

  • Production

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, P. 67-68.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING PLANE FOLLOWED DOWN ABOUT 50 FEET TO A SMALL BODY OF LEACHED REPLACEMENT QUARTZ ORIGINALLY PYRITIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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