Mine detail: Galena Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.85716, -113.45861

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1891

Geology

Host rock:	Lost Sheep Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite,Chert
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Dike
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline, The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West/Nw Trend. Ut. Syncline
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	DC13179
DEP	10020408
Reference	{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., & MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B.}{Deposit:: OLIVEIRA, M.E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1.}{Deposit:: CHRISTENSEN, W.J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111}{Deposit:: 1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22}{Production:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, OPEN FILE REPORT #22: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.}
Reporter	Unknown, Everts, Mike L.