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Galena from
Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azurite1 photo of Galena associated with Azurite at this locality.
Chrysocolla1 photo of Galena associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Malachite1 photo of Galena associated with Malachite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70565
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70565:5
GUID (UUID V4):4694759e-d727-4475-ac45-9862a9dfd5a5
Localities for Galena in this Region
Baddera (Baddera North; South Baddera), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Gurkha Mine (Alma mine), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Iga Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Kirtons group of mines (Kirtons; Kirtons South; Kirtons North; Kirtons North Extended; West Wheal Virgin), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Martins Spring Mine (Martin Springs), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
McGuires (Isseka), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mendip, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Narra Tarra Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nooka, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Norman Well Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Old Cow Rock, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Paringa, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Protheroe (Narra Tarra East), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Rhyhope, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Shepherds Lode (Nana Taira Cu mine), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Victoria Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wanerenooka Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wheal Ellen (Wheal Ellen North), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wheal Fortune Extended, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wheal May, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wanerenooka Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.4km (0.9 miles) Victoria Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.9km (1.2 miles) Nooka, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Ellen (Wheal Ellen North), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.3km (1.5 miles) Paringa, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.4km (1.5 miles) Rhyhope, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.1km (2.5 miles) Wheal Fortune Extended, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.1km (3.2 miles) Kirtons group of mines (Kirtons; Kirtons South; Kirtons North; Kirtons North Extended; West Wheal Virgin), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.5km (4.1 miles) Wheal May, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.8km (4.2 miles) Martins Spring Mine (Martin Springs), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 9 LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUST by...available for this important work. Although Western Australia has never been a major producer of lead, zinc... . . . . Lead. zinc and silver mining in Western Australia .... History and production . . . . . . ....Origin of the lead ores . . . . . . . . .... Northampton District . . . . . . . . .... Baddera group .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Galena district . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .... ...
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotopes 1983 as indicators in Western of old stable craton Australia J. R. RICHARDS* Research School...National University, CANBERRA, A.C.T., 2601, Australia (Received April 26, 1983: Accepted September... close appears to have involved loss Western Australia and southern to 'cratonisation' of U from...by geologists of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (HICKMAN,1981). This material, of Archaean...the Yilgarn Block; the small, fault-bounded, Northampton Block near Geraldton (approx. 28°20'S, 114°40'E)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SESSION 1893-4. ANNIVERSARY I.— ADDRESS. Western Australia and its Goldfields. By ALBERT R CALVERT, M...following brief description of the Goldfields of Western Australia, I desire to convey to this Society my thanks...a deep interest, viz.:—the Goldfields of "Western Australia. Little has been printed about this vast colony...great­ ness. Three times I have explored the Worth-Western district. On the first occasion I started from...duration, and with various objects in view. Western Australia has at present three great obstacles tp her
Report (issue)
SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by K. M. Ferguson < < EWG1CAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTWCA DEPARTMENT...ENERGY LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 . , .- FRONTISPIECE Sulfur and copper...deposit, Pilbara Craton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 15 S by K. M... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editors: I. R. Nowak and...Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources
Book
zones in the Carboniferous Limestone of Derby¬ shire ........... 121 Mineral localities in the Trias...Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Warwick¬ shire coalfields present the usual problems of correlation...exploited in huge excavations that run from Northampton to Lincoln. Not far above the ironstone follows...clay plains and rolling hills of East Leicester¬ shire, beloved of huntsman and hounds. We have the grey...grained in the northwestern region {i.e., the north¬ western end of the southwestern limb of the fold) where
Report (issue)
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...D DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces.................... 144 144 144 CHAPTER 17 NORTHAMPTON BLOCK Gibsons prospect .......... ...........151 151 CHAPTER 18 PROTEROZOIC COVER ROCKS: WESTERN A N D SOUTHERN MARGINS O F T H E YILGARN BLOCK
Book
- - -- - f - .” -- - , BRITISH OREs, Western side. . t Wall-cases 1 to 14. - CoPPER - -...BRITISH ORES, EASTERN SIDE. Wall-cases 43 to 56. LEAD Galena - - - - - - - -. - --> ** - Anglesite... - - - - - - • - - 127 127 to 129 Australia, continued (Pedestal Case, No. 11, West Side:...chlorite ; more rarely with tin ore, zinc-blende, galena, and calc-spar. The ore is seldom obtained in remunerative...the depth of about 300 fathoms, or 1,800 feet. WESTERN SIDE. Wall Cases 1 to 14. 3a. NATIVE COPPER,2
Report (issue)
RESOURCES BULLETIN 17 ARITE AND FLUORITE WESTE AUSTRALIA * by R 6. Abeysinghe and J. M. Fetherston DVERNMENT...SURVEY OF WESTERN DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFWESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: A. S. George The...M., 1997, Barite and fluorite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources...of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 7309 6539 2 Abeysinghe, P. B. Barite and fluorite in Western Australia
Book (volume)
Weber farm allanite locality, Lower Saucon tsp. Northampton county dark brown. , ; c THE MINERALOGY...lepidomelane. The locality at Weber's, Lower Saucon, Northampton, has long been exhausted (v. lanthanite). CHONDRODITE...have found this phosphate 550. in cavities in galena at the Upper Montgomery county. As an analysis...phosphate at the limonite mines near Hellertown, Northampton county; also atOrbisonia, Huntington, I and...possession, and upon examination, proved to be galena with a coating of copper sulphide, and without
Journal (issue)
hexagonal crystals of Pyrrhotine associated with Galena, Chalcopyrite and cubic crystals of Pyrite. The...occurring in "gulls" in the basal unit of the Northampton Sand Formation as pale orange-coloured nodules...Jurassic. For example, several divisions of the Northampton Sand Formation are rich in members of the kaolinite...example, in a pit opened in the grounds of the Northampton Mental Hospital (Natn. Grid. Ref. SP770600),...the surfaces of joints in the ironstone of the Northampton Sand Formation (Herman, 1871). During a routine
Report (issue)
Africa •• • Canada ••• • •• ••• India ••• ••• ••• Australia ••• ••• ••• .. . , • •• •• FOREIGN COUNTRIE~...nearlj~ .all the great lead deposit,s of the world galena is fou11d associated ·\irith zinc-blende, and often...is of g1·ea.t impo1·tance, as, together with Australia, Spain 1·a.nks as the most impo1.'tant exporter...~t1st1·alia, but the increase in smelting capacity in Australia during tl1e ,.vi1.r will prevent any large percentage...South Africa , Canada .-- 76,766 India ••• Australia ••• .Austria ••• Belgium ••• France ••• Germany
Report (issue)
libethenite, pseudo- Lead Minerals PRIMARY: Sulfides: galena; Sulfantimonites: jamesonite, bournonite. WEATHERING...Epigenetic Concentrations PRIMARY: Sulfides: pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite. WEATHERING...Epigenetic concentrations of barite, celestite, galena, and sphalerite occur in Pennsylvania at the following... Lehigh County (sphalerite), Lancaster County (galena). PRIMARY: Carbonates: calcite, dolomite, ankerite...HYDROMETAMORPHS Sulfides: : pyrite, marcasite, galena, sphalerite; Sulfates: WEATHERING PRODUCTS: (in
Book
800 or 900 feet high, diag stone. lies on the western border of the granite and consists principally...in this place, and indeed along the nite. whole western border of this range of granite, near the northwest...granite contains several veins of metals, such as galena, copper pyrites, blende and iron ; which will be...at Bellows Falls, consists of a coarse, At its western foot not very perfectly stratified mica slate....is a graduation from the mica slate into In the western bank, in the village, the characters of the granite
Report (issue)
Science, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW, Australia, CE Ordinary Members...FINCH, Mr I.L. 8 Cumbrae Drive, Great Billing, Northampton, NN3 9HD. 07970 894187, ian.finch@rfsworld.com...FINCH, Mrs T. 8 Cumbrae Drive, Great Billing, Northampton, NN3 9HD. 07970 894187, tina.stellaf@btopenworld...Dr B.A. 76 Temby Avenue, Kalamunda, WA 6076, Australia, +618 448 787 294, ben@westernmetals.com.au, CE...London, SE23 2UQ. 020 8291 1796, SE JEAL, Mr A.E. Galena, Shilla Lane, Polzeath Nr Wadebridge, Cornwall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) Geological Survey of Greenland, Copenhagen DK-1350...samplesfrom eachof two neighbouring localities in the western arm of the Isua supracrustal belt, west Greenland...the east Transvaal and in the northwest of Western Australia (Ulrych et al., 1967;Saagerand Kijppel, 1976;Richards...amounts of rather coarse pyrrhotite, sphalerite and galena. The galenasanalysedin this study arefrom this...associated strata-bound sulphides, including the galena, have been canvassed by Appel(l979,1980,1982,1983
Report (issue)
Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p...p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
Journal (issue)
ZINC-LEAD OCCURRENCES While examining sphalerite and galena occurrences in Pennsylvania, an attempt is being...NaAISbOa (sodium aluminosilicate), occurs with galena in quartz veins in the Pequea and Burnt Mills silver...silver mines, Lancaster County. A few galena crystals from Burnt Mills contain sphene crystals, whereas...prismatic crystal habit, occurs w ith sphalerite and galena in calcite 8 at Lime Bluff, Lycoming County...sulfide), occurs as late, metallic, gray rims on galena associated with sphalerite in limestone breccia
Report (edition)
County Lebanon County Lehigh County Monroe County Northampton County Sullivan County York County 18 20 21...collector because when he travels, for example to a galena locality, he also will expect to find the mineral... Olivine Magnesite Serpentine Talc Magnetite Galena Magnetite Enstatite Silver Sphalerite Pyrite...be found in the fields along Elk Run Minerals Galena (massive cleavages); anglesite (crystals and massive);...and hemimorphite all formed byweathering of the galena, sphalerite, and dolomite. These minerals, formedby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
375 NOTES ON THE PETROGRAPHY OF THE NORTHAMPTON IRONSTONE. By]. G. A. SKERL, ~I. Sc., 1'.G.S. [Received...Accordingly the basal portion of the Northampton sands (the Northampton Ironstone) was used for this purpose...together with the lack of its exposures. The Northampton Ironstone occurs over the greater part of the...exploitation as an iron ore (2). Although the Northampton Ironstone has been seen so far as fourteen miles...remarkably constant as far as the neighbourhood of Northampton. H ere it becomes thicker (at Duston some 25
Report (volume)
rock, soon after its discovery by Dr. Hunt in Northampton, I determined the feldspar to be a new variety...MINERALOGICAL LEXICON. [BULL. 126. 1886. Albite. Northampton. Iu veins in the granite lit si quarry south... see Cymatolite. ALLAN! TE. 1841. Rutile. Northampton and Williamsbarg-. "Associated with quart/ in...lead. Loudville. In plates or tables on cubes of galena and in cavities in quartz. William Meade: Bruce's...1835. Sulphate of lead. Loudville. Small plates on galena. E. Hitchcock: Geol. Mass., p. 508. 1835. Murio-carbonate
Report (Issue volume)
Montour 106 Northampton 107 Northampton 108 109 110 Northampton Northampton Northampton Ill**'* Northampton...Northampton 112 113 Northampton Northampton 114 Northampton 115 Northampton 116 120 Northampton...Co. Northampton Cement Rock Quarry No. 1, Universal Atlas Cement Co. U. S. Steel Corp. Northampton Dragon...(Keelersville) Rocky Ridge Diehl's mine Sellersville New Galena mine ARMSTRONG CO. 2 N. Vandergrift Elderton...Montgomery Co. Rose's quarry, L. Merion Twp. Northampton Co. Flint Hill near Bingen Philadelphia Co. Princes
Journal (issue)
Newfoundland, Canada, and in the Ediacara Hills of Australia, as well as in Russia, Eastern Europe and Africa...confirmed. A second locality occurs on the south-western limb of the Charnwood anticline, within an area...the area (Brossler, 1998). Ore minerals include galena and sphalerite, with gangue largely of calcite...associated with sand descending steeply on the western flank. This high-angle slipface bedding is interpreted...backwards across the mound to then avalanche down the western (lee) side. A slipface sequence within Section
Journal (issue)
Slavin Charnian fossils: Helen Boynton Wave Rock, Australia: Alan Filmer Wadi Ghul, Oman: Tony Waltham Hutton...to Mesozoic strata found in Canada, Asia and Australia, as well as in Europe where the Jurassic ‘Alum...volume the first: memoir of the city and north western liberties of Londonderry, parish of Templemore...showing that diorite and quartz-diorite occupied the western part of the batholith, exposed at Barrow Hill and...groundmass. In the very extensive exposures on the western quarry face, below Croft Hill, the inequigranular
Book
TO THE COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Written especially for Prospectors and Strangers to the Colony...\' \ 4 M NG HANDBOOK THE COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Written especially for Prospectors and...GENERAL. POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL. Position.—Western Australia includes all that portion of the Australian...about one-third of the whole continent. Western Australia was originally .known as the “Swan River Settlement;”...1829. Population.—The total population of Western Australia (exclusive of abori¬ gines) appears at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
village of Loudville actually straddles the Northampton-Westhampton town line, which runs just east of...Road, along which the village is located. The Northampton-Easthampton town line strikes off perpendicular...Junior Case: Lauren Megaw Bruce Gabor’s photo of galena, Second Sovietskiy mine, Dal’negorsk, Russia; specimen
 
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