CalciocopiapiteSulphur Hole, Mule Canyon, Yermo, Calico District, Calico Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Photo: 2007, JGW Latitude: 34°57'N
Longitude: 116°49'W
A solfataric deposit located in the SE¼SE¼ sec. 18, T10N, R2E, SBM, at the S wall of Mule Canyon, below the borax mines, 4.3 km (2.7 miles) E of the Calico ghost town and 5.0 km (3.1 miles) N of Yermo, San Bernardino County.
Mineralization is a columnar pipe that formed by ascending iron-bearing acidic hot fluids acting on the underlying volcanic rocks.
References
Foshag, William Frederick (1931c), Krausite, a new sulphate from California: American Mineralogist: 16: 352-360.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 620.
Moller, W.P. (1963) Sulfur Hole. Mineralogist: 31, part 1, N. 3: 12-16; part 2, No. 4: 12-15.
Graeber, E.J. and Rosenzweig, A. (1965) The unit cell of krausite. American Mineralogist: 50: 504-507.
Graeber, E.J., Morosin, B., and Rosenzweig, A. (1965) The crystal structure of krausite, KFe(SO4)2 •H2O. American Mineralogist: 50: 1929-1936.
Scordari, F., Vurro, F., and Menchetti, S. (1975) The metavoltine problem: relationships between metavoltine and Maus’ salt. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen: 22: 88-97.
Weber, D. and Gaal, R.A. (1975) Quenstedtite from California. Mineralogical Record: 6: 106.
Desert Studies Consortium, California State University (2000), Between the Basins: Exploring the Western Mojave & Southern Basin, Range Province (April 2000).
Cooper, Joseph F., Jr., Gail E. Dunning, Ted A. Hadley, and William P. Moller (2001): The Sulfur Hole, Calico District, San Bernardino County, California. The Axis 1(5): 1-18.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 62, 213, 233, 236, 264, 356.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 53, 264, 265, 272, 273, 274, 275, 277, 278, 287.
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