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Galena King

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034104
MRDS ID M020805
Record type Site
Current site name Galena King
Alternate or previous names Bliss Group, Bruce Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.2179, 37.70326 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position ON NORTHWEST SLOPE OF MT. LYELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ritter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Ansel Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 025E 09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.2179, 37.70326
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 50 TONS OF ORE TAKEN FROM SHAFT-ONLY 5 TONS ARE REPORTED SHIPPED, REST REMAINS PROBABLY ON DUMP. SMELTER RECOVERY WAS 52.5 % PB, 1.4 % CU., 30.2 OZ. AG AND .60 OZ AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, NUMEROUS SURFACE CUTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERWIN, H.D., 1934 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NE MADERA COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 30 , NO. 1 , P. 77

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CA JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 542

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 INTERSECTING VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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