| Deposit ID | 10087079 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004646 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Galena Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Independent Silver Mine |
| Related records | 10251160 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.11886, 38.54496 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1865 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE NORTH OF VABM SOLUS ON LIME MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lime Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 011W | 17 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||
| Rock unit name | Lime Mountain Dolomite (Host);Beaver Lake Dolomite;Burrows Ls;Milford Ls | ||
| Rock description | Lime Mountain Dolomite (Host);Beaver Lake Dolomite;Burrows Ls;Milford Ls | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.11886, 38.54496 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ene Normal Faulting Resulting From Intrusion Of Quartz Monzonite Stocks |
| General form | IRREGULAR VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 DEG W |
| Dip | 60 DEG E |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Year of first production | 1899 |
| District name | Beaver Lake Mtns. |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clarence Ahleen |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 19.81M |
| Overall depth | 19.81M |
| Overall length | 102.11M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004646 |
EVERTS, M.L., 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111
1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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