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Galena from
Opal Mine (San Pedro Nos. 1-6 Opal Mine), Wünüpü Peak (Squaw Peak), Waucoba Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo 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 Opal Mine (San Pedro Nos. 1-6 Opal Mine), Wünüpü Peak (Squaw Peak), Waucoba Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:656397
Long-form Identifier:1:3:656397:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘSilver Spur Mine (Silver Spur Daisy; Daisy; Leroy Mine; Silver Spur Daisy; Old Daisy Mine; Bedell), Wünüpü Peak (Squaw Peak), Waucoba Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘSilver Princess Nos. 1-4 prospect (Nancy Hanks; Silver Princess Nancy Hawks), Wünüpü Peak (Squaw Peak), Waucoba Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine (Montezuma South prospect), Andrews Mountain, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘMineral Hill Mine (Swank Mine), Lime Hill, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘEureka Consolidated Quartz Mine (Senator Mine), Johnson Spring, Tibbetts Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘProfessor occurrence, Johnson Spring, Tibbetts Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘPierson Mine (Pierson Mining Company; Republic and Whiteside; Old Whiteside Diggings; Whiteside Mine), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘWhiteside Mine (Old Whiteside Diggings; Pierson; Pierson Mining Co.; Republic and Whiteside), Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
28.1km (17.4 miles) ⓘBirch Creek, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘWestgard Mine (Chalmers; Gibralter; Wynne and Ward Mine), Antelope Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
References
WARING, C. A., 1915 , INYO COUNTY
15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST
CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 100
 
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