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Galena from
Wewissa Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wewissa Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:378907
Long-form Identifier:1:3:378907:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘMaid of the Mist, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘGladiator Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘSan Juan Chief Mine, Mineral Point, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘFrank Hough Mine (Hough Mine; Patented Claim: Frank Hough; MS 549), Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘOld Lout Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘMountain Monarch Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘBonanza King, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘMichael Breen Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘUncompahgre Chief Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBen Butler Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
Ransome, Frederick Leslie (1901) A report on the economic geology of the Silverton quadrangle, Colorado. Bulletin 182. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b182
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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