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Galena Hill Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. 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 10043855
MRDS ID M231144
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4060

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.78211, 39.36879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washoe City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 020E 05,06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Cerrussite And Hemimorphite Are Present

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.78211, 39.36879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Length 487.68M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CENTRAL PORTION OF SHEAR ZONE COVERED BY KATE PEAK ANDESITE MINERALIZATION EXPOSED AT THE SURFACE REVEALING ORIGINAL SULFIDES. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A FAULT ZONE WHICH CUTS FINE GRAINED HORNFELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY ONE 900 FOOT ADIT, SOME OPEN CUTS, 2 30-TON CARS SHIPPED TO HAZEN IN 1929, NO RECORD OF VALUE. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PATENTED CLAIM AND (IN 1946) 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ONLYSECONDARY OXIDATION PRODUCTS VISIBLE ON DUMPS. ONE PATENTED CLAIM SAID TO EXIST HAVE (HUMPHRY, 1945) GALENA HILL PATENT IS IN NE 1/4 SEC G, PATENT PLAT SHOWS ORIZABO CLAIM WHERE GALENA HILL MINE IS SHOWN ON THE 7 1/2 QUAD MAP.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCED IN 1929 NO RECORD OF ORE GRADE ; ECON.COM: 60 TONS ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO., NEV. NBM&G BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    HUMPHRY, F.L. UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBM&GFILES, 1945

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBM&G FILES, 1943

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, GALENA MINING DISTRICT,WASHOE COUNTY, TINGLEY SITE VISIT 6-13-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT PRESENT,IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SEE EVIDENCE OF THE OLD MINE WORKINGS MENTIONED BY HUMPHREY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Tingley, J.V. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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