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Steel Galena

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044693
MRDS ID M232257
Record type Site
Current site name Steel Galena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86312, 39.81381 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR MOUTH OF WALTER'S CANON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christina Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 054E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1948 ORE SHIPMENT - 1 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pilot Shale
    Rock description Pilot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86312, 39.81381
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN SHEAR ZONES IN SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Diamond District

Comments on the production information

  • 1948 PRODUCTION WAS 1,499.5 TONS ORE CONTAINING SOME LEAD, SILVER, COPPER AND 1 OZ/TON AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 100-FEET SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL 64

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL. (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY AN 100' SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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