Patty, a couple of questions. Where does the name "Graphic" come from in the mines? Lead is found along with other igneous minerals, sphalerite, etc, and it sounds like you were picking up a mix of igneous and sedimentary minerals. Is that area an igneous intrusion through sedimentary rock? I've picked up specular hematite also, and it kind of looks like molybdenum (igneous), but in different areas. I'm jumbling together a lot of my rock collecting memories here, not necessarily adding clarity to the question. :-/ "Graphite" and "graphic" aren't interchangeable for a lead ore, are they?
Do you have topographic maps of all of the areas you go exploring to use in conjunction with the tablet app? (I carried them around for years as a mountain climber/back packer, and when I worked for various national parks and forests.) I love topo maps. In the mid-1970s I was working for the Forest Service on the establishment of a new wilderness area in the Cascades (Alpine Lakes). It was a land exchange on a large scale and we had to look at historic maps to identify all of the mines and any other claims. Those old maps were amazing. We also got to go out occasionally with an archeologist to look at sites on the ground that might need special protections. Mostly it was an office job, planimetering on maps to establish the value of the various types of forests being traded. I haven't thought about that in a very long time.
The cat bite is at an achy stage, where I'm trying to get it to heal and not somehow fester or get worse despite the antibiotics. A hot compress this morning to boost the area circulation. And the friend (who I didn't visit with in person when she got home) is now testing herself for Covid as symptoms arise following the weekend with people and two airline flights (that included a 6-hour delay at the airport on the way out). That weekend, with all of the cat hospital bills, is a gift that keeps on giving.
In this week following my tumultuous weekend I consider it a win that I got the trash down to the curb before the truck made the rounds.