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Galena from
U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Comments:Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:810514
Long-form Identifier:1:3:810514:1
GUID (UUID V4):484b9e5f-8b7a-4c1c-a6c9-a1375a74ce3e
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
2.0km (1.2 miles) Old lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Sky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) Sandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Lane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) Ridgefield Silver Mine, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Copper mine, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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