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Gypsum from
Alberta, Canada


Locality type:Province
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alberta, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1221446
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1221446:6
GUID (UUID V4):fac444a0-190d-4f42-91f1-7499318b3d3c
Localities for Gypsum in this Region
Alberta forestry road, Engstrom Lake, Anzac Area, Alberta, Canada
Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
Willow Creek, Nanton, Alberta, Canada
Hines Creek, Peace River, Alberta, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Twinned gypsum crystal, 4.1 cm wide, confluence of Belly and Oldman rivers, near Kipp, Alberta. Mark Mauthner...Hines Creek, Alberta. Mark Mauthner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Gypsum Crystals in Canada G ypsum is...is an important industrial mineral in Canada, with large mines in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba...mines are not sources of collectible gypsum crystal specimens—gypsum in these deposits is massive. This...This article gives an overview of gypsum occurrences from which collectors might expect to see reasonably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
s&ace waters of the Mackenzie River drainage basin, Canada--III. #table isotopes of oxggen, carbon and mlphur...mlphur 33.HITCHON Research Council of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada* and H. R. KROUSE~ Department of...of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada &&&---A suite of 101 surface waters from...of sulphate indicating a source of sulphate from gypsum, and the third group by negative 8% values with...complexity of that portion of the hy~osphe~ of western Canada that has been examined and considerably more work
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SULPHATES IN CASTLEGUARD CAVE, COLUMBIA ICEFIELDS, CANADA C.J. YONGE and H. ROY KROUSE Department of Physics...University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. T2N IN4 (Canada) (Accepted for publication February 17, 1987) ...sulphates in Castleguard Cave, Columbia Icefields, Canada. In: N. Clauer and S. Chaudhuri (Editors), Isotopes...possible source for the majority of gypsum seen in the cave. One gypsum sample provides an exception suggesting...mineral crystallization waters and the cave water. Gypsum appears to have been precipitated at an earlier
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brine mixing in the Middle Devonian of western Canada and its possible significance to regional dolomitization...Toronto, 170 College Street, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A 1 (Canada) Received September 12, 1988; revised version accepted...Brine mixing in the Middle Devonian of western Canada and its possible significance to regional dolomitization...the Middle Devonian Elk Point Basin of western Canada may represent such products of brine mixing and...underlying the evaporite basin. Precipitation of gypsum (now anhydrite) as a consequence of brine mixing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and evaporites of the northern Great Plains of Canada W I L L I A M M. L A S T Department of Geological...University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3 T 2N2 (Canada) Received September 10, 1987; revised version received...and evaporites of the northern Great Plains of Canada. In: R.W. Renaut (Editor), Sedimentology and Diagenesis...64: 207-221. The northern Great Plains of western Canada contain millions of saline and hypersaline lakes...intensively studied. The northern Great Plains of western Canada and United States contain an estimated 3.5 million
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11 Innovation Blvd. Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 3H5, Canada )'Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan...Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. S7N OWO,Canada CDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Universityof Calgary...Calgary, Calgary, Alta. T2N 1N4, Canada (Received December 10, 1992; revised and accepted June 2, 1993 ) ...and Luck Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada, and Bow River in Alberta, Canada, thick ( >t 30 m ) till sequences...content of non-marine parent material in southern Alberta till. At the Warman site, the sources and dynamics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2011 Photoluminescence gypsum 169 LETTER Photoluminescence properties of gypsum Masaru Taga*, Toshio...localities, namely, Inner Mongolia (China), Turkey, and Canada, are investigated at room temperature. Under 365...yellow and cyan white, and gypsums from Turkey and Canada exhibit yellow and bluish white luminescence, respectively... Keywords: Gypsum, Selenite, Luminescence spectra, Hourglass pattern INTRODUCTION Gypsum or selenite...selenite, the transparent variety of gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O), is a well known luminescent mineral. Hour‑ glass patterns
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ontario Museum 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 andrewl@rom.on.ca Downloaded by [North...Natural History Royal Alberta Museum 12845 102nd Avenue, Edmonton Alberta, Canada T5N 0M6 ron.mussieux@gov...Minerals, Inc. 10549 133rd Street, Edmonton Alberta, Canada T5N 2A4 tysonsminerals@ tysons-minerals.com...northwest northwest territories territories canada canada Unless otherwise noted, all mineral photographs...Point lead-zinc deposits, Northwest Territories, Canada. Andrew J. Locock is the recently appointed curator
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 3303-33rd St. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2L 2A7 Department...Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...conducted in the Paskapoo Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. Our study area focused on a region where two...Introduction Groundwater in the Interior Plains of Canada is known for having high-sulphate content (Grasby...Stempvoort et al., 1994), often exceeding Environment Canada water quality guidelines of 500 mg/l SO4 for domestic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada; cossey@ualberta.ca (H.L.C.); batycky@ualberta...Sustainability, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Edmonton, AB T5G 0Y2, Canada; HKAMINSKY@nait...+1-780-492-8293 Abstract: Oil sands surface mining in Alberta has generated over a billion cubic metres of waste...such as flocculant (polyacrylamide) and coagulant (gypsum) addition. https://doi.org/10.3390/ min11080830...0/). 1. Introduction to Oil Sands Tailings Alberta, Canada is home to the third largest oil reserve in
Report (chapter)
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 (e-mail: hans.machel@ualberta...extensive dolostones of the Bahamas (Cenozoic), western Canada and Ireland (Palaeozoic), and Israel (Mesozoic)...condensate field in the Mississippian of Alberta, western Canada (Gray 1970; Stenson 1992). Although these...discoveries shifted petroleum exploration in the USA and Canada in new directions, throughout the 1920s-1940s most...1947, when the Leduc No. 1 drillhole in Alberta, western Canada, found oil in a dolomitized Devonian reef
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Control Board, 280 Slater St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP 5S9 Dept. of Geology, Hebrew UniÕersity of...Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5 e Duke Engineering and SerÕices , 265 Carling AÕe., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 2E1...evaporitic evolutionary sequence are 36% halite, 8% gypsum, ) Corresponding author. Fax: q1-6139962049;...following the last Wisconsin deglaciation of northern Canada some 10 4 years ago did not encroach into areas...Precambrian Shield in the Northwest Territories, Canada ŽFig. 1.. At the Miramar Con mine, gold is mined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
This article was downloaded by: [University of Alberta] On: 01 January 2015, At: 07:49 Publisher: Taylor...general in nature. Downloaded by [University of Alberta] at 07:49 01 January 2015 In the works of Strakhov...strata of the Arbuckle Group). In northwestern Canada at the end of the Ordovician, dolomites, including...Clearance Center, Mc. Downloaded by [University of Alberta] at 07:49 01 January 2015 K.B. SESLAVINSKIY comprising...Ordovician time was reflected in the deposition of gypsum, and also in the widespread development of oolitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5E2 Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental...University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, TE D 9 11 Canada, S7N 5A9 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 AC C 14 EP ...clay-till cove soils at Sandhill Fen in northern Alberta, Canada. We analyzed 7 soil core samples collected...Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of northern Alberta, Canada. The mine site footprint in this region currently...800 km2 surface 5 mineable area (Government of Alberta, 2017). Mining companies are required to reclaim
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks from the Steen River impact structure, Alberta, Canada Erin L. Walton a,b,∗ , Nicholas E. Timms c...AB, T5J 4S2, Canada Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Science...Science Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada c Department of Applied Geology, The Institute for Geoscience...Box U1987, Perth, WA, Australia d Alberta Geological Survey – Alberta Energy Regulator, 402 Twin Atria...Atria Building, 4999 98 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6B 2X3, Canada b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sedimentary geology is the sedimentology of evaporites (gypsum, anhydrite, halite). A major rejuvenation of thought...exposure. Associated with sabkha anhydrite (and gypsum) and with part of the general tidalflat or peritidal...Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology Calgary, Alberta, Canada Roger Y . Anderson Department of Geology University...rocks of west Texas; some of these resemble nodular gypsum rosettes displacing host sediment in Laguna Madre...nodular anhydrite beds thus represent growth of gypsum by displacement of soft sediment after deposition
Report (chapter)
ZHAO6 1 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 2 Husky Energy, Calgary, Canada 3 Athabasca Oil Corp...Corp, Calgary, Canada 4 Shell Canada, Calgary, Canada 5 PetroChina, Beijing, China 6 Husky Energy,... Calgary, Canada *Corresponding author (e-mail: hans.machel@ualberta.ca) Abstract: The Upper Devonian...Devonian Grosmont platform in Alberta, Canada, is the world’s largest heavy oil reservoir hosted in carbonates...oil/bitumen) Grosmont reservoir in east-central Alberta, Canada, consists of cyclically deposited carbonates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surface waters of the Mackenzie River drainage basin, Canada-I. Factors controlling inorganic composition S...Research REEDER of the Environment, Alberta, Canada Council of Alberta, 72511th Ave. S.W., Calgary ... 3, HITCHON Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada* and A. Department of Geology, A. University LEVINSON...Calgary 44, Alberta, (Received 25 September 1970; accepted in revised form ‘7 Februaq Canada 1972) Ab&&---The...surface waters of the Mackenzie River drainage basin, Canada are virtually unpolluted. A suite of 101 surface
Report (issue)
biogenic sulfur deposits that form within anhydrite-gypsum-bearing strata other than salt-dome cap rocks....filling pores and replacing matrix of anhydrite-gypsum-bearing strata. Sulfur is produced by sulfate-reducing...1980. Associated/related deposit types: Bedded gypsum; biogenic limestone. REGIONAL GEOLOGIC ATTRIBUTES...reef complexes. Regional depositional environment: Gypsum/ anhydrite-bearing facies of evaporite and carbonate...Host rock(s): Biogenic limestone within anhydrite-(gypsum) strata or reefs. Associated rock(s): Anhydrock-gyprock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the MacKenzie Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada Hilary Corlett ⁎, Brian Jones 1-26 Earth Sciences...Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 a r t i c l e i n f o ...July 2011 Editor: M.R. Bennett Keywords: Devonian Canada Eustasy Epicontinental MacKenzie a b s t r a c...located in the southern Northwest Territories, Canada. These strata record an almost consistent sealevel...through the Northwest Territories and into western Canada. This incursion initiated clastic and carbonate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
controls on accretion and lithification of modern gypsum-dominated thrombolites, Los Roques, Venezuela Daniel...Earth and Atmospheric, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 Laboratoire Domaines Océaniques...decimeters of organic-rich material containing gypsum granules lacking carbonate cementation. The lithification...become saturated with respect to gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O). Fifth, as primary gypsum precipitates within the structures...increased alkalinity, the partial dissolution of gypsum, supersaturation with respect to calcium carbonate
Thesis/Dissertation
(3x UBBK raftssswaais MBMWIISIS UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA LIE?-; -1RY Regulations Y?; u J in a Inc ss an...Doctor’s degrees deposited in the Univoi sity of Alberta , as the ffi( . al Copy of the acuity of G-i i<...inter library loan service of the University of alberta Library. These theses and dissertations are to...Department must be obtained through the University of Alberta Library when extended passages are used. h.en permissi...Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Alberta Libraries https://archive.org/details/petrologypalaeonOOhugo
Book
PR is 1933 DEPARTMENT OF MINES OF CANADA MINES BRANCH * * * * * THE CANADIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY IN... * ** * * MARCH 1934 DEPARTMENT OF MINES OF CANADA MINES BRANCH * * * * * ' THE CANADIAN MINERAL...Feldspar Fluorspar Garnet Graphite Grindstones Gypsum Iron Oxides Lithium Minerals Magnesite Magnesium...Imports and Exports are taken from the "Trade of Canada," Dominion Bureau of Statistics, a~d caver the...not been All our requirements for the profound in Canada in commercial quantities. duction of primary metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ontario, Canada, N6A5B7 "Depanment of Geology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan. Canada. S4S OA2...the Saskatchewan Sub-basin, Central Alberta Basin and Northern Alberta Basin. In the Saskatchewan Sub-basin...to northwestern North Dakota and from western Alberta to well beyond the present eastern erosional edge...in the Saskatchewan Sub-basin and the Northern Alberta Sub-basin. These deposits have beenvariably referred...problems largely stem from the fact thatthere Alberta (equivalent of the Winnipegosis Formation of are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 4 Exploitation Geology Division,...respectively, through a commercial laboratory (Edmonton, Alberta). The protocol was APHA 3120B and USEPA ICP-MS...SLOWPOKE Nuclear Reactor Facility, University of Alberta. Errors of the NAA determinations are 3% or less...trend line (Carpenter, 1978). S ¼ seawater, GS ¼ Gypsum saturation, HS ¼ Halite saturation, ES ¼ Epsomite...seawater by evaporation that proceeded well into the gypsum stability field and reached near the stage of halite
 
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