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Galena, Cherokee County, KS (Tri-State)
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: galena, sphalerite, dolomite, marcasite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Kansas end of the Tri-State Pb-Zn district
Historic Galena mining area and chat piles documented on mindat and in Kansas Geological Survey materials.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open shafts, subsidence, sharp chat
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