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Galena from
Copper Kid Nos. 1; 2 & 3 and Copper Kid Amended claims, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Kid Nos. 1; 2 & 3 and Copper Kid Amended claims, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:358018
Long-form Identifier:1:3:358018:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘMaricopa Mine (Apociram claim; Katherine claim; Ophir No. 3 claim; Opoeiram claim), New River Mesa, Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘKay Copper Mine (Kay Copper Corp property; Buckeye Patented claim; Marietta Patented claim; Harriet Patented claim; Diorite Patented claim; Patented claims 3512 and 3743), Black Canyon City, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘTip Top Mine (Conqueror Mine; Golden Wonder Mines Inc. property), Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘSeventy-Six Mine (Seventysix Mine; Seventysix group; Seventy-Six claim; Fourth of July group), Columbia, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘTom Wade Mine (4th of July group; Security; El Dorado Mine; Eldorado Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
38.7km (24.1 miles) ⓘColumbia Mine (Hum Bug Creek placers), Hum Bug Creek, Hum Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
38.7km (24.1 miles) ⓘRichinbar Mine (Zyke shaft; Patented claims MS 1470 & 1286; Gold Note MS 1470 Patented claims), Agua Fria Canyon, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
38.9km (24.1 miles) ⓘLittle Joe Mine (Little Joseph Mine; Columbia Gold Mining property; Patented claims MS 1832; Acquisition Mine [?]), Columbia, Hum Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘHumbug Mines (Humbug Gold property; Humbug property), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘGolden Central Mine (Gold Central Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS file #10048214.
US Atomic Energy Comm. RME-157 (1970)
 
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