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Galena from
Devil's Basin, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Devil's Basin, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:665448
Long-form Identifier:1:3:665448:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘChipman Mine (Merrimac Mine; Newburyport lead-silver mine), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘTurkey Hill, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) ⓘBlackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘRailcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘTophet Hill mine, Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘNewmarket Mine, Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘNational Refuge borehole (NR1), Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘAdams Point borehole (AP1), Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘChandler Mine, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Clapp, C. H. and W. G. Ball (1909): The Lead-Silver Deposits at Newburyport, Massachusetts and Their Accompanying Contact-Zones (Economic Geology, 4(3):239-250).
 
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