| Locality type: | Beds |
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| Species: | Gypsum |
| Formula: | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gypsum data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Del Norte Thunder Egg beds, Saguache County, Colorado, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 228242 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:228242:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 01e8c457-0cd1-422e-9c73-1e8bb55c27af |
| Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum |
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| 33.3km (20.7 miles) | ⓘColorado Fluorspar Company Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 44.5km (27.7 miles) | ⓘBulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 78.1km (48.5 miles) | ⓘBelle of the East Mine, Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA |
| 85.9km (53.4 miles) | ⓘHidden Treasure Mine, Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA |
| 86.4km (53.7 miles) | ⓘOulay Mine (Ulay Mine; Ute-Ulay Mine), Lake City, Lake City Mining District, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA |
| 90.4km (56.2 miles) | ⓘPride of America Mine, Galena Mining District (Henson Creek Mining District), Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA |
| 92.7km (57.6 miles) | ⓘSwissvale Quarry, Whitehorn Mining District (Manoa Mining District; Calumet Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
| 95.1km (59.1 miles) | ⓘCotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
| 95.4km (59.3 miles) | ⓘCotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
| 96.3km (59.9 miles) | ⓘTumble Mountain Quarry, Wellsville Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence and Genesis of Thunder Eggs Containing Plume and Moss Agate Downloaded by [Tufts University]...06:56 07 October 2014 from the Del Norte Area, Saguache County, Colorado DANIEL E. KILE U.S. Geological...Suite E-127 Boulder, Colorado 80303 dekile@usgs.gov Figure 1. View of the Del Norte area, showing Tertiary...nown since the late 1800s, the thunder-egg beds near Del Norte, Colorado, have provided the collector in...interior of spherical nodules commonly known as thunder eggs. Plume and moss structures are three dimensional |
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