Mine detail: Galena Hill - Keno Hill Mines

Previously called 'ElsaHuskyNo CashShamrock'

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Location

Lat / long:

63.89986, -135.43578

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Cadmium, Gold
Ore:	Freibergite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Beudantite, Bindheimite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Silver, Smithsonite, Wad
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1920

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Mc Questen Anticline, Ne Striking Vein Faults (Mineralized), Nne To Nw Late Faults (Barren)

References

MRDS	W018988
DEP	10073144
Reference	{Deposit:: 1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YBK 1975 P. 563}{Deposit:: 1974, CANADIAN MINING HANDBOOK, *4 - 75 P 334}{Deposit:: BOYLE, R. W., 1965, GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF THE PB - ZN - AG DEPOSITS OF THE KENO HILL - GALENA HILL AREA, YUKON T.; CAN. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 111, 302 P.}{Production:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 75 - 76}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.