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Galena from
Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Comments:Reported by Silliman as isolated grains less than 1.5 cm scattered in quartz gangue and argentiferous. Probably not from Lane's Mine of Trumbull as galena is very scarce there.
Habit:grains
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite2
Anglesite2
Quartz2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87125
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87125:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘLane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘBassett Mine, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘSandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘArsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘCurtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Dana 6: 13 & 62
Dana 7:I:606.
Silliman (1821)
 
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