🪨 Galena
Lead sulfide mineral with metallic luster, the primary ore of lead. Found in Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, and New York's historic mining districts.
Best Places to Find Galena
Rose Hill Mine
Ogdensburg, New York · Fee Dig
Famous mineral locality in the Balmat-Edwards district known for fluorite, sphalerite, and calcite specimens.
Platteville Galena Mines
Platteville, Wisconsin · Public Land
Historic lead-zinc mining district. Mine dumps and exposures produce galena, sphalerite, and calcite specimens. Mineral collecting on public areas.
Tennessee Fluorite Beds
Carthage, Tennessee · Public Land
Middle Tennessee mining district dumps for fluorite, calcite, and galena specimens. Historic Mississippi Valley-type deposits.
Illinois Fluorite District
Rosiclare, Illinois · Public Land
Historic Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. Mine dumps produce blue, purple, and yellow fluorite crystals. Once the world's largest fluorite produc...
Hog Mountain
Alexander City, Alabama · Fee Dig
Historic gold mining area NE of Alexander City in Tallapoosa County. Known for gold, pyrite, galena, and other sulfide minerals. Old mines and prospec...
Potosi Lead Mine District
Potosi, Missouri · Fee Dig
Historic lead mining district in Washington County. Old mine dumps produce galena cubes, calcite, pyrite, and sphalerite. Part of the famous Missouri ...