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Galena Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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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. 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 10020408
MRDS ID DC13179
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Mine
Related records 10275516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45861, 39.85716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position LABELED ON TOPO MAP 5860 FT S 32 DEG E OF BM 4337

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 17,18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 17

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER MINERALS: SMITHSONITE, PLUMBOJAROSITE, HYDROZINCITE, AURICHALCITE, COVELLITE, WILLEMITE, WULFENITE, VANADINITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Aurichalcite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Limonite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Willemite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Analytical data

Result 1955 SELECTED SAMPLE FROM DUMP: 0.05 OZ AU, 22.7 OZ AG, 6.2 % PB, 16.8 % ZN, 10.4 % SILICA, 29.8 % CARBONATE, 1.5 % FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dike
    Rock description Rhyolite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lost Sheep Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
    Rock description Lost Sheep Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.45861, 39.85716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West/Nw Trend. Ut. Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike EAST
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive. The Ut-Galena Fissure Strikes E-W

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZED FISSURE IS SOUTH OF AND UNDERLIES THE GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE AND TAILINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    First year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 INCLUDES $80,000 PAID IN DIVIDENDS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM #1 90% CONFIDENCE, ITEM #2 50% CONFIDENCE, ITEM #3 25% CONFIDENCE, ITEM #4 10% CONFID.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A MAIN SHAFT (700 FT DEEP) AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS & PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • THIS IS THE 2ND LARGEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., & MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B.

  • Deposit

    OLIVEIRA, M.E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1.

  • Deposit

    CHRISTENSEN, W.J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, OPEN FILE REPORT #22: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN THE UPPER WORKINGS WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY OXIDIZED, PRIMARY ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED AT LOWER LEVELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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