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Selenite from
Big Sandy Valley, Mohave County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Valley
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 Big Sandy Valley, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1344072
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1344072:1
GUID (UUID V4):0894d8b6-ddc3-419d-b662-516096b4a0f6
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
31.4km (19.5 miles) Copper King Mine (Lawler Mines), Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) Mystery Hill Mine group, Swansea, Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District), Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
97.9km (60.8 miles) A-Z Gypsum Mine, Harquahala Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
99.4km (61.8 miles) Oro Flame Mine (Oro Flame property; American Eagle Mine; Mormon Patent; Old Ohio Patent MS 2025; Gold Bug Mine; Sterling property; Mescal claim; American Eagle Patent; Oro Grand Patent MS 2024), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
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Report (issue)
itty nf l\rt~nttU iullrtttt ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS OF ARIZONA By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH...(Revised) ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN NO. 153 One dollar (Free to residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED...PUBLISHED BY lIlniul'r.lluy nf Arizuna TUCSON. ARIZONA SERIES No. 17, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
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Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N...DISTRICT DISTRICT PIIIAA PIMA ODEN PIT HIKE PRINCE OF ARIZONA MI 05N PROSPECT NEAR OLD MI RAY MINE REOOINGTON...MINE CUV AU FE 318 u2EV MOV RH 391 06EV Cu CD SUN VALLEY MINF 32 36-44-114 111-46-58w U MINE 38N USEV CU
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Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Report (volume)
........................................ 10 Arizona..................................................Minerals of Arizona, their occurrence and association: A report to the Governor of Arizona, Tucson, 1909...mineralogy of Arizona, Easton, The Chemical Publishing Co., 1910. Willis, C. F., and others, Arizona State Bur...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (volume)
areas within a zone that extends northward from Arizona into Montana. These deposits are largely of Mesozoic...its length. Early evidence of the structure in Arizona is found in the Pliocene lake deposits in the San...Gila Valleys, the San Carlos area, and the Verde Valley. Search of the literature disclosed very few definitive...)_ ___ Pliocene or Pleistocene. Geologic age Mohave Southwestern Wyoming and adjacent areas in Utah...Wyoming, central Montana, adjacent areas. Imperial Valley, Calif___ Bautista Creek area, southern California
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
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OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book (edition)
Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
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0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
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See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Report (volume)
Bull.; County Rpt.-Maryland Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources Bulletin; County Report...Ground-water resources of the valley-fill deposits of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Pa. Geol. Survey...Permian age in the northwestern Marfa Basin, Hudspeth County, Texas [abs.]: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 60, no...[Mississippi-Gulf Oil Company No. 1 Pope, Covington County, Miss.], in Mississippi Geological Society Guidebook...Mar. 1949. 2. A suggested origin for the Shelby County, Alabama, limonite ores: Econ. Geology, v. 44,
Journal (issue)
California. Dec. 2-3—8th Annual Arizona Aviation Conference, Tucson, Arizona. Dec. 2-4—Feast of St. Francis...Francis Xavier Mission, Tucson, Arizona. Dec. 3 — Palm Springs, California, Desert Museum field trip to Split...Tucson-Ajo and Saguaro National Monument, from Phoenix, Arizona. Dec. 10-12 — Tortugas Indian Ceremonials, Las... Dec. 1 1—Desert Sun Ranchers Rodeo, Phoenix, Arizona. Dec. 11 — Achones Procession after Vespers, Taos...Tournament, Palm Springs, California. Dec. 17—Arizona Snow Bowl opens for winter season. Flagstaff. Dec
Report (volume)
5 in., inch or inches. Circ., Circular. Co., County or Company. Indus., Industrial. Inst., Institute...find a better name. In field work it was called "sandy tuff." It immediately overlies Hyco quartz porphyry...Pre-Cambrian : Central southern Virginia (Mecklenburg County). F. B. Laney, 1917 (Va. Geol. Surv. Bull. 14,...Abrigo limestone. Upper Cambrian : Southeastern Arizona. F. L. Ransome, 1904 (U. S. G. S. P. P. 21). Abrigo...records the consummation of an increasing supply of sandy sediments during later phases of deposition of Abrigo
Report (volume)
(fig. 25). Bluish- to yellowish-gray clayey and sandy shale containing a persistent coal bed (Nodaway)...Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...group. Characterized by dominance of sandstone, sandy shale, and siltstone; coals rarely more than 24...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Judd (E K), 07a; McCalley, 92, 94; Ries, 96b Coosa Valley: Hayes, 95g Warwhoop bank, Ch€)rokee Co.: Brewer...05 Coal Measures, Blount Co.: Gibson, 91 Coosa Valley: Anon, 01 Copper: Brewer, 97e; Lieber, 55; Weed...Ala.: Brewer, 96 Mobile Co.: Stelle, 88 Murfrees Valley: Gibson, 93; Phillips (W B), 93a Natural gas: Byrne...basin: McCalley, 96; Smith (E A), 79 Tombigbee Valley: Eckel, 05h Warrior coal basin, map: McCalley,
Report (issue)
.............. II. A, Gorge of Rock Creek, Valley County, Mont.; B, Grain field near Scobey, Mont.; C...Mountains, Phillips County, Mont...................................... III. A, View up the valley of Cottonwood...Cottonwood Creek, Phillips County, Mont.; B, Badlands of Bearpaw shale near Lisn1as, ~{on t. . . . . . . . .... . . VI. A, View south across the Missouri Valley, Valley and Dawson counties, Mont.; B, Gravel pit at...subdivisions of the Comanche series in Grayson County, Tex., to the formations of the same series in
Book (edition)
anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...house and tipple, bituminous coal mine, Spring Valley, 111 Northern Interior coal field Composite section...grahamite fissure to anticlinal fold, in Ritchie County, W. Va Plan of Trinidad pitch lake Section of gilsonite...formations of Arkansas Volcanic ash from Madison County, Mont Section showing occurrence of corundum around...areas of barite Bennett barite mine, Pittsylvania County, Va. Map of barite veins near Lexington, 109
Report (issue)
A293-A298 of this chapter. Numerous Federal, State, county, 1and local agencies and other organizations and...the Coastal Plains__ Appalachian Plateaus and the Valley and Ridge provinces______________________ The Blue...-------Rocky Mountain region _________ -----------Arizona _______________________________ _ Colorado _______...cooperators ____________________________ _ 251 State, county, and local cooperators ______________ _ 251 Other...geochronologic studies in the Bodie district, Mono County, Calif., by M. L. Silberman and F. J. l{leinhampl
Report (issue)
financially in part by, the numerous Federal, State, County and City agencies listed on pages A133 to A136...--------Oil-producing potential in the Salinas Valley, California. ________-_-_----------Coal.______...Ohio River valley.__________________________________ Quality of ground water, Delaware County, New York_..._____________________________ Shield area and upper Mississippi Valley region__ _ Geologic and geophysical studies____________...Texas_________________ Ground-water recharge, Arkansas River valley, Arkansas--_---._-_______________.._____. A15
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10,11, 12, pp. 1-94. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 1, nos...features of Maryland; vol. 6; Calvert County; St. Mary's County; State Map. Baltimore, Md. Mazama, vol...gigantea bird remains from the upper Eocene of Choctaw County, Alabama, originally described as the pelvic girdle...Diatomaceous deposits of northern Santa Barbara County, Cal. See Arnold and Anderson, no. 65. Geology...of the Santa Maria oil district, Santa Barbara County, Cal. See Arnold and Anderson, no. 67. Metamorphism
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ores in the United Montana, 282 Michigan, 287 ; Arizona, 290 Bisbee or Warren district, 290 ; Jerome district...alone, ; 308; Sussex County, N.J., 308 Lead and zinc Upper Mississippi Valley Ozark region, 314 Origin... ; Pennsylvania, 311 ores of the Mississippi Valley region, 311 ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; CHAPTER...332 ; Pacific coast Creta- belt, 333; Nevada County, 334 Central belt of gold -silver ores, 335 Mercur...house and tipple, bituminous coal mine, Spring Valley, 11. Generalized section of Northern Interior
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listed on pages A263-A268. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies and other organizations...____________ Shield area and Upper Mississippi Valley._________ Michigan._________________________________...Range region... ____ Nevada. ________________ Arizona. _________________________ California....--------...cooperators-____-_______-__-___-__-__-__ State, county, and municipal cooperators---------Other cooperators...sists of banded botryoidal coatings of brown high- County, Ariz., and as much as 600 ppm Re was coniron sphalerite
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etc. annals , annual, etc. Anzeiger appendix Arizona Arkansas association bulletin, boleHn , etc. British...alifornia anada: anadian ' enlmlblatt incinnati county collection colle e lorado congress onue ticut co...Tran a ct ion . ewport, Vt. Ariz St Bur M ines, B Arizona Bureau of Mine , Bulletin. Tu on. Ark G S Arkan...Pottsville cientltic As ociation , S c h u y I k i 11 County, Pa., Bullet in [only one numbe r published, 1...Co: 27-56 (JO 0 ) 02 The ph ysiography of Garrett County. M<.l G S, Ganett o: 27-54 (1902) 03 Die Faii -Linl
 
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