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Galena from
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Habit:cubic, octahedral
Colour:lead grey, metallic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite8
Albite6
Siderite4
Microcline3
Rhodochrosite3
Wulfenite2
Cerussite2
Polylithionite2
Fluorite2
Pectolite1
Aegirine1
Carletonite1
Lorenzenite1
Pyrrhotite1
Zircon1
Mica Group1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (17 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5499:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘDemix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
34.5km (21.5 miles) ⓘMcGill University campus, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘMcTavish Reservoir (Rutherford Park; Lower Reservoir; Montreal Reservoir), Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘFrancon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘUpton deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘActonvale Quarry, Acton mine, Acton Vale, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
69.6km (43.2 miles) ⓘSt Lawrence Columbium Mine, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘLake Memphremagog Mine (Smith's Mine; Patton Mine), Potton, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
95.4km (59.3 miles) ⓘJeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
96.2km (59.8 miles) ⓘSuffield mine (Griffith's mine), Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada
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