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Gypsum from
May Day Mine, Calamity Mesa, Uravan Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 May Day Mine, Calamity Mesa, Uravan Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:493287
Long-form Identifier:1:3:493287:1
GUID (UUID V4):61c802f2-ef4f-453e-a184-8e49137ad4d2
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. 234 " y { " ,-t .. .~,:",. I " , COLORADO "or.! _ +, (~ STATE OF .~ :'(' COL~ADO /... BULLETIN 40 RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BlaLlllGRAPHY by James L. Nelson-Moore,...Energy COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESUURCES STATE OF COLORADO DENVER, COLORADO 1978...ete 11 st r ng of rad i aaet 1ve occurrences 1n Colorado, with a comprehensive blbi iography and bibliographic...on the Colorado Plateau sparked several periods of exploratIon that ultimately led to a mining "boom ll
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Survey Reports On Uranium and Thorium 1942 Through May 1958 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1107-A This compilation...Survey Reports On Uranium and Thorium 1942 Through May 1958 By PAUL E. SOISTER and DORA R. CONKLIN CONTRIBUTIONS...Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Mines Special Reports _.......__ ________ Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology...Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal _ , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta _ Bulletin, Geological
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Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau Uranium Ores Compiled by ROBERT M. GARRELS and ESPER...provided an unequaled opportunity to investigate the Colorado Plateau uranium ores. This volume summarizes the...bodies; where vanadium is scarce, the primary ore body may be smaller but richer than its weathered counterpart...uranium deposits than those represented on the Colorado Plateau. The general patterns of the oxidation...although the details of structure and chemistry may vary widely. Perhaps the greatest value, in the long
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Uranium-Vanadium Deposits of the Slick Rock District, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper...Survey Cover photograph: Burro No. 7 mine, Slick Rock, Colorado. Photograph by Jim Cappa, 2005. Uranium-Vanadium...Slick Rock District, Colorado By Daniel R. Shawe With a section on Appendix on District Production By...INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Uranium-vanadium deposits of the Slick Rock district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
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localities on the Colorado Plateau and from several localities in Fail River County, S. Dak., and Campbell...Metatyuyamunite samples from two localities in Mesa County, Colo., have been chemically analyzed.. The hydration...studies show that the metatyuyamunite structure may contain several per cent potassium. X-ray difiraction...1-3 HrO]. Two samples of metatyuyamunite from Mesa County, Colo., are not in radium-uranium equilibrium...specimensare collected in moisture-proof containers, they may dehydrate before they are examined in the laboratory
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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96 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Small Spot mine, Colorado, USA. 8.51 (vs), 4.22 (s), 3.26 (mb), 3.05 (mb)...6.25 Total 100.11 100.00 (1) Small Spot mine, Colorado, USA. (2) Ca(UO2 )2 (V2 O8 ) • 3H2 O. Occurrence:...A common dehydration product of tyuyamunite in Colorado Plateau-type U–V Association: Tyuyamunite, carnotite...volborthite, vésigniéite, autunite, malachite, gypsum. Distribution: Occurs at all localities for tyuyamunite...Dandy mine, Montrose Co., and the Small Spot and May Day mines, Calamity Mesa, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
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Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
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Stratigraphy of Slick Rock District and Vicinity San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Stratigraphy of Slick Rock District and Vicinity San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado By DANIEL R. SHAWE...INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...strata of Paleozoic and Mesozoic age underlying the district forms the background for understanding the origin...case] PLATE 1. Geologic map of the Slick Rock district. 2. Diagrammatic section of the bottom part of
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Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
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HYDROSEAL Sand Pump WEIGHT OF PART POUNDS PUMPED PER DAY TONS SERVICE LIFE DAYS . TOTAL DELIVERY TONS...this explain why Hydroseals Tee IN THE MAJOR MINING PUMPS PROTECTED CENTERS OF THE WORLD Most... Most of the world’s molybdenum comes from this Colorado pit. The 12,250-ft. elevation doesn’t make the...copper ore and approximately 25,000 tons of waste per day from a pit in Nevada's Ingersoll Canyon. tapping...machines like the “Caterpillar” Diesel products mining throughout the world. Tractors. Bulldozers, Motor
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instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
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the mineralogy of the uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau, which was also started during this period...occurrence of uranium and vanadium minerals from the Colorado Plateaus," by A. D. Weeks and M. E. Thompson,...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...supplemented by the ¡carnotite deposits of the Colorado Plateau, discovered in 1898, and to a certain...deposits of Portugal. The carnotite mines of the Colorado Plateau became almost wholly inactive in the 1920's
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............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................combined production and imports of Portland cement. To-day the Portland cement industry is distributed generally...information than the one last published. This bulletin may be regarded as a thoroughly revised edition of Bulletin...inquiries of the general public concerning what may be called commercial mineralogy, as well as to the
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NEED CHANGE OIL ONiY 2TIMES A YEAR. AT FIRST; YOU MAy USE A LITTLE AKJRE OIL, BECAUSE TRITONS DETERGENT..."Bells of Old Guevavi," first of a new series of lost mine stories by the author of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures...and ends at Hite, about 100 miles away at the Colorado river. • From deep in the Navajo reservation Toney...California. Feb. 9-16—Arizona state citrus show, Mesa, Arizona. Feb. 15—Turtle dance, Taos pueblo, New...championship rodeo, Yuma, Arizona. Feb. 20-23—Riverside County Fair and Date festival, fairgrounds, Indio, California
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Potential and Geology of the San Juan National Forest, Colorado Edited by Richard E. Van Loenen and Anthony B...potential and geology of the San Juan National Forest, Colorado I edited by Richard E. Van Loenen and Anthony...: I 19.3.2127 1. Mines and mineral resources--Colorado-San Juan National Forest. I. Van Loenen, Richard...famous mining districts, such as those at Rico and La Plata, but there is no significant mining being...more may be present in conventional reservoirs. • Recoverable gas in tight gas reservoirs may total
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...America. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K
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and 1916. Bulletin No. 10. Value €If Ores . . Mine Sampling and the Commercial Bulletin No. 11. Descriptive...Geological Survey and in the journals dealing with mining and geology, but this material is widely scattered...and Mining Journa1. M. & S. P.-Mining and Scientific Press. 2 INTRODUCTION M. & E. W .-Mining and...Min.-Mines and Minerals. S. L. M. R.-Salt Lake Mining Review. In order to give proper credit to the courses...districts, under the general bibliography for the county or state and under the discussion of a particular
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A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. Jenkins, Chief Geologist McK. Laizure, District W. Burling...Francisco - - Mining Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas...Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer Frank Sanborn, .... .... - - - Statistician and Curator...Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) - San Francisco TABLE OF CONTENTS REPORTS OF DISTRICT MINING ENGINEERS...Redding Field District 1 Sacramento Field District 1 San Francisco Field 24 District Los Angeles
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refers to the place where the mission is located. Bac may mean "adobe house," "ruin," or possibly "well." The...primary reference system that affects people every day of their lives. Geographic names have strong psychological...title. The information in the National Gazetteer may be kept up-to-date between revisions by noting appropriate...the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. These reports may be found in libraries or can be ordered directly...errors, omissions, and any other information that may improve the usefulness of this publication. name
 
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