Mine detail: Galena King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.45855, -112.33358

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Sericite
Orebody form:	BLANKET, CHIMNEY
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Oquirrh
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	District Between Ophir Anticline To West And Pole Canyon Syncline To East, Northward Trending, Westward Dipping Fissures And Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Some Hornfels, Hydrothermally Altered Galena King Gouge

References

MRDS	DC12146
DEP	10019999
Reference	{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 159-160}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PT. 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1916-1923, MINERAL RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1924-1928, MINERAL YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 373.}{Deposit:: MOORE, W.J., ET. AL., 1966, DISTRIBUTION OF SELECTED METALS IN THE STOCKTON DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 550-C, P. C 199.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.