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Galena from
Climax Mine, Petty Butte, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, 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 Climax Mine, Petty Butte, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:333091
Long-form Identifier:1:3:333091:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘLodi Mine, Kanaka Peak, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘWhite Star Mine (White Star group; White Star Silver group; Crystal), Petty Butte, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘAnavina group (Peerless), Mule Mountain, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘSilverfalls - Chicago Consolidated Mine (Chicago claim; Silver Falls Mine; Chicago Consolidated property; Pillchunck claim; Union claim; Cold Spring claim; Richmond claim; Madison claim), Igo (South Fork), South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘLeslie Jones prospect, Igo (South Fork), South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Redding, Redding Mining District, Shasta County, California, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘHorstman Mine (We Hope Mine), Sugarloaf [1], West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘIron Mountain Mine (Number 8; Confidence; Old Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
21.2km (13.1 miles) ⓘAmerican Mine (American vein; Old American Mine; French Gulch Mine), French Gulch, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘGladstone Mine (Gladstone vein; Hazel Gold Mine Company; French Gulch Mining Company), Shirttail Peak, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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