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Selenite from
Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:50718
Long-form Identifier:1:3:50718:7
GUID (UUID V4):7e7332a5-c5b5-4188-83ea-9a22d48d3829
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘJewel Cave, Jewel Cave National Monument, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hills of South Dakota THOMAS J . C A M P B E L L and WILLARD L . ROBERTS Museum of Geology South Dakota...Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 more comprehensive description of the...occurrences as the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. These occurrences are quite diverse, ranging...of the CusterKeystone area, to the Homestake gold mine in Lead, to golden barite-bearing concretions east...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
some nice dark red xline cuprite. "From Silver Hill Mine (Waterman Mts.), Pima Co., Ariz., I collected nice...rhombs. (I got some beautiful azurite xls from this mine at Pardos Rock Shop in Tucson, Ariz.) "Some beautiful...Wittsburg Creek on the east side of Crowley Ridge, south of Hwy. 64 about 6 miles. There are several petrified...3 inches in the other. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. COLORADO—A loose but beautiful...(amazonite) crystal was sent in by Crystal Gallery, 20 South Garrison, Linwood, Colo. 80226. "This represents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fowler (landowner) to the Sussex Zinc & Copper Mining & Mfg. Co.—"All the Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver...up with marvelous things— phosphates from Custer, S. Dakota, realgar-orpiment (and perhaps lorandite)...superb copper we'd ever seen, embedded in clear selenite, a gift from George Bideaux, editor of the "Brewery...visitors. The slide subjects—New minerals of the Foote mine (Perloff), a 6 month's western mineral trip (Rothstein)...wonderful items elsewhere —Diderot, over 100 plates on mining and minerals; Henckel's "Pyritologia"; and Wallerius
Journal (issue)
the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota with Atlas, Washington. 1879-1880, quarto, pp....used on one other report. where the birds denoted mine villages in a region of Mexico. It predates the...Preliminary Report of Ex­ plorations in Nebraska and Dakota. in the Years 1855-56-57. Washington. I 875. Oc­...Black Hills, and adjacent pans of the Nebraska and Dakota regions was originally as an appendix to the Humphrey...topographic and geographic features from Kansas in the south to the Canadian border on the north. The map extends
Book (volume)
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW...Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia... Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4:...Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W...Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington vi Contents Wyoming 5505
Catalog/List
price paid for the mineral(s). CTINCX..ITE: M179. Mine Mompti, Spain; (a) rich vuggy intergrown prisms...an rock; 1.5-3 cm-$1.50 NHYDRITE: M204. Campiano Mine, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy; good for species; pale...shaped rock; 6xS.3x3-S12.50 -~ AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 5 xls & groups, 1-1 .8...(e) 6x3.6x1 .5-$20.00 AZURITE:M37. United Verde Mine, Jerome, Arizona; (a) lustrous ball af intergrcwn...intergrcwn xls; 1 .B-3.2 cm-$2.25 M65. Hanover Mine, near Fierro, New Mexico; (a) T/N; nice balls to rosettes
Journal (issue)
Articles Type locality minerals of the Black Hills, South Dakota ..............................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...practical use and will simply be omitted, e.g., selenite. 2. Some varietal terms commonly found on old...Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 INTRODUCTION
Catalog/List
S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV‱t- tor cr11‱t‱J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ...
Book (edition)
Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT RAPP...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson, M. E.,...rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine
Journal (issue)
Treasurer 655 ‱ 8th St. Idaho Falls, 10 83401 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Offlcare.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 South Dakota Mlneral New, by Martha Linde . . . . . . . ...at only . . . $1 .00 per lb. NEW ARRIVALS FROM SOUTH AFRICA BOTSWANA BANDED CARNELIAN AGATE - New and...throughout. It takes a good polish and is from South Africa. Priced at only $1 .75 per lb. PLEASURE...- ALL ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A $2.00 fee If in the USA - all others Including Canada must include full amount
Catalog/List
limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
Report (volume)
periods of exploratIon that ultimately led to a mining "boom ll in the 1950 IS. Since I ts meager start...Tallahassee Creek distrIct in Fremont County. Uranium, recoverable by solution mining of Upper Cretaceous...evaluated In Weld County. VBlntype uran I urn occurrence 5 are typ I fled in Je f farson County by the Schwartzwal...Schwartzwal der Mi ne, the largest uranium mine In Colorado. Part 2 contains in the bibliography of approximately...occurrences In the state, with cross-Indexes by county, host rock, and the special categoriesof "Front
Catalog/List
Chrysocollc': 2.6. 2x1-$5.00 AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 4 xls & grou;:.is, 1-1...yellow tabular xls to 3.5 cm, rich MB5. Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada; (a) translucent...50; covered with micro Barite xls; ~Butte Co., South Oakota; white xls, usua1ly partially 8-2. 3 cm-$2...Calcite & limonite: 4x4.2x2.2-$8.50 MD327. Magna Mine, Superior, Arizona; (a) showy; sharp black tabular...00; (c) 1.5-2 cm-2 for $2.00 M239. Muzo Emerald Mine, Columbia; (a) emerald green xl fragments from ane
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly into the...rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains...continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore
Book (volume)
Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...10 ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada « 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves...fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada * 12 x 13 x
Book
copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...(5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica...found in many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold...in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets of crystallized
Catalog/List
Geology ..... . Petroleum Geology ..... . Mining and Mining Engineering . Prospecting and Fluorescence...VANADINITE specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES .........fluo­ rescence under ultra violet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite...Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings on
 
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