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Galena from
Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge Mining District [1], Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Peak
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge Mining District [1], Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1004347
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1004347:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘEureka Consolidated Quartz Mine (Senator Mine), Johnson Spring, Tibbetts Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘWhiteside Mine (Old Whiteside Diggings; Pierson; Pierson Mining Co.; Republic and Whiteside), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘPierson Mine (Pierson Mining Company; Republic and Whiteside; Old Whiteside Diggings; Whiteside Mine), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘProfessor occurrence, Johnson Spring, Tibbetts Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘHirsh Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘReward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘSilver Spur Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘDecember Mine, Alabama Hills, Alabama Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Montezuma South prospect), Andrews Mountain, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘLong John Mine, Haystack Mountain (Haystack; Boulder Mountain; Kern Knob), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Moore, James Gregory (1963), Geology of the Mount Pinchot quadangle, southern Sierra Nevada, California: USGS Bulletin 1130: 148
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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