Mine detail: Galena Mine

Previously called 'Independent Silver Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.54496, -113.11886

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Limonite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEIN
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1899

Geology

Host rock:	Lime Mountain Dolomite (Host);Beaver Lake Dolomite;Burrows Ls;Milford Ls
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile, Ene Normal Faulting Resulting From Intrusion Of Quartz Monzonite Stocks
Tectonic:	Basin & Range-Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDS	D004646
DEP	10087079
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68}{Deposit:: 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.