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Galena from
Monarch Mine (Mocking Bird Mine; Monarch Verde Mine; Statehood group), Cherry, Cherry Creek Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai 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 Monarch Mine (Mocking Bird Mine; Monarch Verde Mine; Statehood group), Cherry, Cherry Creek Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:244153
Long-form Identifier:1:3:244153:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘSitting Bull Mine (Patented claim 939), Cherry, Cherry Creek Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
3.9km (2.5 miles) ⓘGold Bullion Mine (Copper Bullion Mine), Cherry, Cherry Creek Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘSunnybrook Mine (Gold Shad Mine; Claims MS 4498), Cherry, Cherry Creek Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘGold Coin Mine (Gold Coin group), Hackberry Wash area, Cherry, Cherry Creek Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘBrindle Pup Mine (Brindle Pup prospect), Cottonwood, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘShea Mine (Shea property), Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘFairview Mine (Lyons claims), Camp Verde, Camp Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘShylock Mine, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
16.8km (10.5 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘSquaw Peak Mine, Squaw Peak Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 105.
Wilson, E.D. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 29-30
 
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