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Galena from
Clair Group of Mines (Empire State Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clair Group of Mines (Empire State Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:166543
Long-form Identifier:1:3:166543:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘKing of Lead Mine (King of Lead group; Windes Mine; Morrow Mine; Taylor Mine; Pursley Mine; Queen of Sheba claim), Cochise Head, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘBowie claims, Bowie Mountain, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu mine (Eureka Lower Adit), Blumberg Canyon, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘLead Lily shaft, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘHilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘHilltop Extension Mine (Lilly & Whale Groups), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
13.0km (8.0 miles) ⓘSilver Prince Mine (Robertson Mine; Pursley Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘSilver Bell prospect (Silver Bell claims; Ella shaft), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘPine-Zinc Mine (Pursley Mine; Pursely Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘApache Pass, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geol. Sur. Branch Bull. 187: 51 (Table 4).
 
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