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Northampton lead field

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena, cerussite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Galena lodes mined from the 1850s in one of the state's oldest mineral fields

Documented in Western Australian mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts, lead dust

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