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Galena from
Swanson Uranium project prospect (Cole property; Coles Hill), Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Swanson Uranium project prospect (Cole property; Coles Hill), Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717480
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717480:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘHutter Mine (Herter Magnetite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘFlannigan Mine (Graham and Robinson Mine; Flanagan Mine), Austinville Lead-Zinc-Iron Mining District, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘSaxton-McMillan Mines, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
72.5km (45.1 miles) ⓘMartin and Wertz Mine (Martin Prospect; Grandin Court School), Austinville Lead-Zinc-Iron Mining District, Roanoke (City), Virginia, USA
79.9km (49.6 miles) ⓘTroutville Prospect, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
83.2km (51.7 miles) ⓘTaylor Prospect, Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
84.0km (52.2 miles) ⓘKimball Prospect, Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
84.1km (52.2 miles) ⓘBurwell Prospect, Hamme Tungsten, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘTungsten Queen Mine and plant, Tungsten, Hamme Tungsten Mining District, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘPowhatan Williams Prospect, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Floyd County, Virginia, USA
References
JL Jerden Jr (2001) Origin of Uranium Mineralization at Coles Hill Virginia (USA) and its Natural Attenuation within an Oxidizing Rock-Soil-Ground Water System
Hall, S. M., Beard, J. S., Potter, C. J., Bodnar, R. J., Neymark, L. A., Paces, J. B., Johnson, C. A., Breit, G. N., Zielinski, R. A., Aylor, G. J. (2022) The Coles Hill Uranium Deposit, Virginia, USA: Geology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Genetic Model. Economic Geology, 117 (2) 273-304 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4874
 
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