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Galena from
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:674510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:674510:3
GUID (UUID V4):0760db2c-4439-476d-ad38-79c4e38549f7
Localities for Galena in this Region
Cornucopia Mine, Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Lyford Mine (Lynford), Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Comanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.9km (1.2 miles) Cornucopia Mine, Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Lyford Mine (Lynford), Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
2.7km (1.6 miles) Comanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Tower Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) Independence Mine, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) King group (King Mine; Johnnie and Rose of the West), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) Gold Wedge Mine (Gold Webb Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
9.1km (5.6 miles) Huebner group (Huebner group of mines), Hammil, Hammil Valley, Mono County, California, USA
12.3km (7.7 miles) Lone Star Mine (St. Ives group), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Banner Mine (Dog Mine; Wild Bill group; Old Glory Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
References
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Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1940 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 85005 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Of CALIFORNIA DAVIS ] DIVISION OF MINES...A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas
Book
La Siesta Press GLENDALE, CALI FORNI_A 1966 CALIFORNIA MINES SERIES Pat Adler MINERAL KING GUIDE Ronald...Copyright@ 1966 by LA SIESTA PRESS Box 406 Glendale, California, 91209 ,11NUD IN U. S A. - 4- CONTENTS INTRODUCTION... & 7 ONOVILLE 15 HoMER DISTRICT 17 TIOGA 21 PRESCOTT 23 BENTON (BI ind Springs, White P e ak...ak, Indian & Clover Patch Districts) 25 LAKE DISTRICT (Mammoth Lakes) 29 Coso 37 Russ & INYo DISTRICTS...Argonauts who n-ushed to claim their shares of California 's gold. They just c::ould not afford to hesitate
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals up to 2.5 cm long. They line a vug in galena and clearly illustrate the well-known paragenetic...found at numerous localities, very few of today’s mining districts are consistent producers of fine anglesite...concentrically banded masses enclosing unaltered cores of galena. Stalactitic growths are known. Anglesite, a simple...barian variety has been reported. Pseudomorphs of galena, mimetite, cerussite, chrysocolla, and smithsonite...smithsonite after anglesite, and also anglesite after galena, cerussite, lanarkite, and palmierite have been
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recovered from an interesting array of important mining districts; it is currently available from Mexico...However, the development of numerous gold and silver mining districts in the westem states during the latter...Colorado mining districts. Sparse though good crystals were found in the early years of mining in the Jo...exploited in the Nabob mine at Lawson, Clear Creek County. Bastin (1923) reported crystals of pyrargyrite...and Smuggler-Altmont mines in the Dunton district, Dolores County. Pyrargyrite was a dominant mineral, occurring
Report (issue)
Ws TN 24 C3 A3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES AND MINERAL...DAVIS IJBRARV UWIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT...FR-\NCISCO BULLETIN II JULY 142 THE COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA MINERAL RESOURCES AND MINERAL PRODUCTION DURING...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir : have the honor to transmit herewith...summary of the mineral resources of each and every county in the state. For the first time all the essential
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Book
A Range Guide to MINES and MINERALS " How and Where A ,-A 1 to Find Valuable Ores and Minerals...quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by Jay Ellis Did...stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need to know to go about...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present
Book (volume)
..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Report (issue)
DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...object shown here actual size. Pho'o by Mary Hill. FOREWORD This bulletin number is is an overall...and gold mining of publications have no single report or to the gold deposits in California. Although
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow
Report (issue)
TN C3 A3 ho. (^4 LmRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS COMMERCIAL M I N E R A L.._S, OF...Building, San Francisco 1942 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIx^ORNIA DEPARTiENT OF NATURAL...distribution to the citizens of the State of California who were interested in developing our mineral...large area in the south of France, an important district being at Baux (originally Beaux), from which locality...been found In one locality in Riverside' County, California, and dlaspore occurs in compact masses with
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES KENNETH I. FULTON, Director DIVISION OF MINES ... 38 State Mineralogist January, 1942 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA LIBRARY University of California DAViS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...LOGAN, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. _ Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averii.l, District Mining
Journal (issue)
S STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist January, 1941 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 95183 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF- CALIFORNIA DAV I 1 DIVISION OF...A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas
Report (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA Bulletin 156...OFFICE LOS ANGELES / PLEASE RETURN STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...11 AUGUST 156 1950 MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND... The Honorable Earl Governor of the State of California Ills Dear Warren have the honor to transmit...herewith Bulletin 156, Mineral Commodities of California, prepared by the staff of the Division of Mines
Report (issue)
^^titOrpi^ Ir^j, Oiioi ,^irornis ,, STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...FRANCISCO Chief DECEMBER 144 COPPER IN (In CALIFORNIA Three Parts, Including Outline Geologic Map...States Department of the Interior Department of Mining, Stanford University liCD LIBRARY 1948 : ...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...herewith Bulletin 144, Copper in California, prepared under the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief of the
Journal (issue)
Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Journal (volume)
/gi?7 ^V. a , X K O R^ ^ HDD? lEDDTTM T California State Library '=M\ 't- When, from whom, ami...these Huson patent tramways are in use in various mining districts, for transport- ing ore, supplies,...theology Writ, all feel called that relates to mining. has organized a snowahoe expediunder the leadership...Yellowstone National Park. The World tion, Mining and Scientific Press Thia ia not thought to Old...Placers of Joaephine County. immense sum of money mnat necessarily be exMany of the mining papers, says the
 
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