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Galena Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046941
MRDS ID M242171
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Mine
Alternate or previous names Monitor Gulch Mine, Kaufman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10362, 39.29938 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF THE MORIAH ROADLESS AREA BETWEEN SMITH CREEK & HORSE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horse Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 070E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN HORSE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Hemimorphite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 0.3 OZ/T AG, 5.8% PB, 25.5% ZN (1983)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Notch Peak Limestone
    Rock description Notch Peak Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10362, 39.29938
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mt. Moriah Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. OF OPEN CUTS AND 30 FT OF DRIFTS; ADITS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • OPERATED IN 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL. 85, P.57

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT, MLA 50-83.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M., 1976, P.57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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