| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Galena |
| Formula: | PbS |
| Comments: | "silvery lead-gray masses" Hiller (1971) |
| Colour: | lead gray |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Galena data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ridgefield Silver Mine, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 770041 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:770041:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d9e0c110-f062-4007-9a30-b9e35e2e580d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Galena |
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| 8.0km (5.0 miles) | ⓘWilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.8km (7.4 miles) | ⓘWilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.0km (10.6 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.8km (11.1 miles) | ⓘNorwalk Silver Mine, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.8km (11.1 miles) | ⓘBedford, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 18.1km (11.3 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.0km (11.8 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘOld lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.2km (12.5 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.4km (12.7 miles) | ⓘLane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Book | | CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JOHN T. HILLER, JR. 194 Minerva Street, Derby, Connecticut 06418 Localities which are not often frequented... Robert Streeter and myself went looking for a silver prospect. Fred Jones had been to it years before...of the quartzite. The silver is in combination with the sulfides, mostly galena and sphalerite. Fred advises...may never be developed because it is located in Ridgefield, Con- necticut, a town with relatively high...Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut. His home and shop on Lonsbury Road is about one half mile from silver prospects |
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