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Selenite from
Kiowa County, Kansas, USA


Locality type:County
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 Kiowa County, Kansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1346218
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1346218:5
GUID (UUID V4):2d1c3a99-108c-4aae-8be6-4033ef6044d6
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Book
Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the...at Taloga in the South Canadian River. HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate. Secs
Report (volume)
Content, Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale Kansas and Colorado t GEOLOGIC A LSURVE BULLETIN /j...Content, Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale Kansas and Colorado By E. R. LANDIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO...content, Sharon Springs member of the Pierre shale, Kansas and Colorado. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off...317-318. 1. Uranium ores Colorado. 2. Uranium ores Kansas. 3. Radioactivity. 4. Shale. (Series: U. S. Geological...sections of lower part of Pierre shale in Cheyenne, Kiowa, Crowley, and Pueblo Counties, Colo. 37. Columnar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...the liberty of forwarding you a specimen of the selenite which lies exposed on the south shore of our Lake...The specimen received was a beautiful colorless selenite, 4 x 7 x 1 y4 inches thick. The locality is the
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INTRODUCTION The first papers dealing with the redbeds of Kansas and Oklahoma were published by F. W. Cragin in...those by Snider,6 Wege1 "The Cimarron Series of Kansas," Colo. Coll. Studies, Vol. 6 (1890), pp. 4 IT...Reeves, "Geology of the Cement. Oil Field, Caddo County, Oklahoma," U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. J26B (1921)... CHARLES X. G()iU> in northeastern Stephens County, a tew miles northwest of the west end of the Arbuckle...formation in northern Beckham and southern Roger Mills County. I t is possible, however, mat later investigations
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MARCH—APRIL, 1922 OIL POSSIBILITIES OF WESTERN KANSAS BY CHARLES T. LUPTON, WALLACE LEE AND L. R. VAN...report lies in the Great Plains Region of Western Kansas and embraces parts of six counties, namely, Scott...scattered localities. Below the Cretaceous are the Kiowa shale and the Cheyenne sandstone of Comanchean age...a yellowish gray and outcrops exhibit abundant selenite crystals. No fossils were observed. Very few outcrops...Plate 1, 1918. Oil Possibilities of Western Kansas 71 The following section measured in Sec. 17
Report (issue)
ROCKS IN KANSAS By Katharine M. Keene Charles K. Bayne Prepared cooperatively by the Kansas Geological...showing depth to top of Lower Cretaceous rocks in Kansas ------------------------in pocket 2. Map showing...thickness of sandstoae in Lower Cretaceous rocks in Kansas ---------------------in pocket 3. Map showing...and types of water in Lower Cretaceous rocks in Kansas -----------in pocket Figure 1. . Map showing...showing system of numbering wells and test holes in Kansas --------------------- 3. Page 15 Map showing
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. K \ 1 C GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS K.OBERT HAY. NEOCENE. PLEISTOCENE. Sand ' ''Tertiary...DIRECTOR A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS BY ROBERT HAY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING... ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Plate I. Geologic map of southwestern Kansas...'...............Frontispiece. II. Ideal section...Eiver Section from north to south, through Barber County.......................................... Fig...Creek, Meade County ............................ Section across a small ravine, Harper County .........
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produced as many specimens as the adjacent areas in Kansas and Missouri. Since most of the state is underlain...October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S
Report (issue)
Ground water in the Middle Arkansas River basin, Kansas and Oklahoma. by Stuart W. Fader, Robert B. Morton...chemical analyses of water from selected wells.) Kansas counties Barber - Barton - - - . . Butler Comanche...Cowley - Edwards Harper - Harvey - Kingman - - - - Kiowa McPherson Pratt - Reno - - Rice - Sedgwick Stafford...showing configuration of potentiometric surface, Kansas - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -(in Geologic...saturated thickness, and location of selected wells, Kansas - - - - - - - - - -(in Map showing potential well
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more than 1,000 specific locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North...VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North...VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North...Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
Report (volume)
Picher-Miami field of Tri-State Pb-Zn district, Oklahoma-Kansas 12 Upper Mississippi Valley Pb-Zn district, southwestern...(fig. 1, no. 16) in southeastern Utah in San Juan County. The Elk Ridge area is on the north end of the...along the west side of the San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah (fig. 1, no. 11). The San Rafael Swell is...Creek uranium occurrence is located in San Benito County in western California (fig. 1, no. 1). An asphalt-bearing...uranium occurrence is located in San Luis Obispo County in southwestern California (fig. 1, no. 2). Deposits
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I • , • • ,. • • 1 • Kansas Geology ..• I • ansas An Introduction to Landscapes}...BUCHANAN PUBLISHED FOR THE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KANSAS 3 ') & 4-- " ~ ·...perfect harmony in all their parts, and I submit Kansas, without lofty mountains or awe-inspiring canyons...Press of Kansas All rights reserved Published by the University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas 66045)...66045), which was organized by the Kansas Board of Regents and is operated and funded by Emporia State University
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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a P. Tarcher/Penguin member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York San Rafael Public Library 1100...TARCHER/PENGUIN Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York I00I4, USA Penguin Group (Canada)...created to needs. For details, write Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Special Markets, 375 Hudson Street, New...Years ago, when I jurisdic- * lived in eastern Kansas, I was trying to deepen as well. my connec-...far-flung, from a small-town street corner in Kansas to the iceberg-clotted coast of northwest Greenland
Report (volume)
conglomerates In the Tallahassee Creek distrIct in Fremont County. Uranium, recoverable by solution mining of Upper...evaluated In Weld County. VBlntype uran I urn occurrence 5 are typ I fled in Je f farson County by the Schwartzwal...occurrences In the state, with cross-Indexes by county, host rock, and the special categoriesof "Front...numer I ca I I I st of occurrences by county OCCURRENCES by county with Introductions Adams Alamosa Arapanoe...Grand Gunnison Hinsdale rluerfano Jackson Jefferson Kiowa Kit Carson Lake La Plata Larimer Las Animas LI ncol
Report (issue)
57. A geological reconnaissance in southwestern Kansas, by Robert Hay. 1890. 49 pp., 2 pis. B 58. The...the Fort Riley Military Reservation and vicinity, Kansas, by Robert Hay. 1896. 35 pp., 8 pis. B 144. The...27 pis. B 159. The geology of eastern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, by B. K. Emerson. 1899. 139 pp...B 238. Economic geology of the tola quadrangle, Kansas, by G. I. Adams, Erasmus Ha worth, and ,W. R. Crane...(Out of stock.) Underground waters of southwestern Kansas, by Erasmus Haworth. 1897. 65 pp., 12 pis. (Out
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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
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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
Report (issue)
Chemical Composition of Sedimentary Rocks in Colorado, Kansas, Montana Nebraska, North Dakota South Dakota, and... Chemical Composition of Sedimentary Rocks in Colorado, Kansas, Montana Nebraska, North Dakota South Dakota, and...Page TABLE 1. Analyses of samples from Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming,...---_---_ 7. Analyses of samples from Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, containing...---_--_ 12. Analyses of samples from Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
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fm________ franc. ___---_ front__--__Ft___..-- Company, County Collections Colorado Commission,Committee Communications...no___________ Occ________ Occasional Kans________ Kansas Ky_.___. _ Kentucky Td.a/i* ___-__ Meteorological...of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 18. Tulsa, Okla. Kansas University, State Geological Survey: Bulletins... Kan's. Kansas University1 Paleontological Contributions no. 4, art. 1. Topeka, Kans. Kansas University...Science Bulletin, v. 32. Topeka, Kans. Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly, v. 6, no. 4; 7, nos. 1, 2. Los
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····················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................spots in Oxford County. Maine. These places are the f avoritr haunts of the Oxford County Mineral and G...Pass Service Station on Route 91 in San Bernardino County, 53 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 33...on the locality. (New localities in Westchester County, N. Y., Rocks and Minerals, Oct., 1940, pp. 326-329)
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chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their fertile soil...angle bases. They are ornaments of any collection. Selenite Lancehead or swallowtail twin enite, calcium
 
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