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Galena from
Desert Center Mine (Desert Center claim), Black Butte, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Comments:Principal ore mineral.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Desert Center Mine (Desert Center claim), Black Butte, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:546357
Long-form Identifier:1:3:546357:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘRagsdale claim (Ragsdale No. 1 claim), Black Butte, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘAugustine Mine, Chuckwalla Spring, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘGolden Key claim, Aztec Well, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘC.O.D. Mine, Aztec Well, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘChuckwalla Tungsten Mine (Chuckawalla Tungsten Mine; Aztec claim), Aztec Well, Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘCrescent Copper group [1] (Crescent group; Badger State group; Eagle Nest Mine; Eagle Nest No. 7 claim), McCoy Spring, Arlington District (Ironwood District), McCoy Mts (Ironwood Mts), Riverside County, California, USA
41.9km (26.1 miles) ⓘFree Coinage & Charity Mines (Free Coinage Mine), Chiriaco Summit (Shaver Summit), Dos Palmas District, Orocopia Mts (Dos Palmas Mts), Riverside County, California, USA
46.1km (28.7 miles) ⓘBlack Eagle Mine, Eagle Mountain, Eagle Mountains Mining District (Monte Negro Mining District), Eagle Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘMoser claims (Patches claim; Gold Flake claim), Coxcomb Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
49.2km (30.5 miles) ⓘSalton Sea Scientific Drilling project well, Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA
References
Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1945), Mineral resources of Riverside County: California Division Mines Report 41: 148
Saul, R.B., Evans, J.R., and Gray, C.H. (1970) Mines and mineral resources of Riverside County. California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 9. Unpublished manuscript: 832
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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