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Galena from
Battle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, 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 Battle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196340
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196340:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘAmerican Beauty Mine (Kanau Mine; Sloepoke Mine), Lee Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘKnob Hill mine (Long Canyon Mine; L. C. claims), Lee Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘValley View mine (Owl claim; Hankins property), Road Canyon area, Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘSummit King Mine (Ruby Mountain Zinc claims - in part), Corral Creek Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘSummit View Mine (Ruby Mountain Zinc claims - in part; Lang prospect; Streeter Mine), Corral Creek Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘSilver Butte mine (Dead Horse mine; Silver Reef property; Ball Mt. Lead; Golden Pipe mine), Mud Springs Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
30.0km (18.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Sample Location 256 (MRDS10046018), Mud Springs Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) ⓘSpruce Standard mine (Standard mine), Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘMonarch property, Charleston Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘMonarch mine (Spruce Monarch mine; Monarch-Black Forest mine), Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 98-338 chapter 11
LaPointe, Daphne D., Tingley, Joseph V., Jones, Richard B. (199) Mineral resources of Elko County, Nevada. Bulletin 106. Nevada Bureau of Mines
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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