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Gypsum from
The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA


Locality type:Geothermal Field
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Found only once in an open fissure with opal, cinnabar and a yellow iron sulphate
Habit:Long fibers & small poorly terminated crystals
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5928
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5928:2
GUID (UUID V4):322d2309-129b-4cb3-875b-e664570c3902
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
25.4km (15.8 miles) Sulphur Bank Mine (Sulfur Bank Mine; Sulphur Bank deposits), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Lake County, California, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Calistoga Mine (Silverado Mine; Palisade Mine; Palisades Mine; Grigsby Mine), The Palisades [range], Calistoga, Napa County, California, USA
References
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES...State Mineralogist JANUARY Vol. 42 1946 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...STATE MINERALOGISTS REPORT XL1I printed in California state printing office B4257 'DAVIS 1 DIVISION...Tucker, District Mining Engineer Logan, District Mining Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer...Engineer J. C. O'Brien, District Mining Engineer Arthur A. Center, Associate Metallurgical Engineer John
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 1952 136 SUPPLEMENT DIVISION OF...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 1952 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN By Joseph Murdoch •...Bulletin 136 and Supplement No. 1 Descriptions of California minerals and mineral localities Bibliography...INTRODUCTION the time that Bulletin 136, the current revision of Minerals of California was published...from time to time, supplements which would keep the work up to date. These supplements would further
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circulation manager for rates.) • Individuals (outside the U.S.): $39 for one year, $75 for two years. (Airmail...Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .................................G. E. Dunning & J. E. Cooper, Jr. Mineralogy of the Sanford vesuvianite d e p o sit....................discoveries from the Wessels mine, South Africa ............365 by J. Gutzmer & B. Cairncross The Parker mine...H. Glenn & R. W. Fisher The second list of additions and corrections to the Glossary of Mineral Species
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Rocks and Minerals OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION by OLIVER E. BOWEN, JR. Digitized by tine Internet...lsofsOObowe Jf^ California Natural History Guides: 5 ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION...UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY, LOS ANGELES, LONDON 1972 tJNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY...ANGELES, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, LTD, LONDON, ENGLAND 1962 BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY...UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THIRD PRINTING, 1972 ISBN: 0-520-00158-3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER:
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257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by the Internet Archive in...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any...retrieval systems - without permission of the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America Published...Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. L35 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold
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^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T 5 w! balJ E...caufornia 2995 SEP 1933 0#MC0 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/d...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...used in any form or part of this work covered by the copyright hereon by any means - graphic, elec- tronic
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...throughout her lifetime. The lost identity of the nugget's finder, and the lock of record of her lifetime...lifetime part of the mystery that surrounds many famous gems and and death, are nuggets. The nugget was...was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia fornia by undetermined
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Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA ABSTRACT ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission...carbonate minerals at regional to local scales. The geology of this area has been mapped at a wide range... Mo, W, Sn, Be, F, Mn, Fe, Sb, Hg, and barite). The hydrothermal systems that generated these deposits...band ratioing techniques were developed based on the shapes of laboratory reference spectra and applied...occurrences of hydrothermal alteration and mineralization. The ASTER-based quartz mapping identified thick sequences
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504 ROCKS AND MINERALS "THE GEYSERS," SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA GEORGE S W I T Z E R Downloaded by...Mineralogy in the U.. S. National M u s e u m , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. Introduction Situated in the heart...of the Coast Ranges, in Sonoma County, California, is a small health resort known as "The Geysers." The...The resort buildings, the oldest of which is said to date from 1852, are located along Big Sulphur Creek...intense area of thermal activity. The resort is widely known because of the curative powers of its mineral
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Beach, CA 9 2 6 5 2 . The Mineralogical Record Inc. s 8 non p oftt organization The Mineralogical Record...Record magazine is published by the Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Editor...circulation manager for rates.) • Individuals (outside the U.S.): $33 for one year, $64 for two years. (Airmail...paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............. B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index .............................
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements 15 Sulphides and Tellurides of the Semi-metals
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] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Ills Excellency The Hoxorable Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I...I have the honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 173, Minprepared under the direction of Olaf P. Jenl
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AND INDEX MAP OF SULFUR AND PYRITES DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALASKA (Including references to...Branch km u., 4 rfl UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...AND INDEX MAP OF SULFUR AND PYRITES DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALASKA (Including references to... Washington, D: C., 1952 Free on application to the Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C. ANNOTATED...AND INDEX MAP OF SULFUR AND PYRITES DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALASKA (Including references to
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M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Excellency, the IIox. W:m. D. Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I...I have the honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 91 of the State Alining Bureau upon the minerals of
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|tj:i:f^iiipjp m^: OF THE f \ ^COLLEGE OP \ J BULLETIN No. 67 Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. ...EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST...Excellency, the Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to...transmit Bureau upon the Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was...at this date through the co-operation Arthur of Prof. S. Eakle, Ph.D., of the Department of Geology
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FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG 1980 Copyright 1980 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this...this book may be published ifcredit is given to the Pennsylvania GeologicalSurvey ADDITIONAL COPIES ...active mining is the large number of waste piles, or culm banks, that were left after many of the deep...deep mines closed. The waste piles can be found throughout the anthracite mining re gion. They contain...to the atmosphere. Acooperative research investigation was initiated in 1973 to investigate the minerals
Report (issue)
49.93 5.43 11.26 Total 100.62 100.00 (1) Utah, USA; corresponds to [(NH4 )0.75 K0.16 Mg0.06 Na0.04 ]Σ=1...pyrite (Utah, USA). Association: Tschermigite, epsomite, jarosite (Utah, USA); gypsum (Buffalo, Wyoming...Wyoming, USA); aluminite, natrojarosite (Zlatá Baňa district, Slovakia). Distribution: In the USA, from...from an undefined locality on thewest side of the Kaibab fault, Kane Co., Utah”; from near Buffalo, Johnson..., Wyoming; at the Sulphur Bank mine, Lake Co. and The Geysers, Sonoma Co., California. From Cebadillas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST. VOL. 43, NOVEMBER DECEMBER, 1958 SASSOLITE FRON{ THE KRA\,IER BORATE...BORATE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA* Gnoncn L. Surrn .c.NlHv Ar-uoxo,t U. S. GeologicolSuraey,Menlo Park,California...unreported from the Kramer Borate District, California, was found near the base oI the borate-bearing...underlying the ore body. Probertite, ulexite, colemanite, borax, and kernite, all founcl within the borate...values of 8.3 to 9.2) when dissolveclin water. Thus the presence of sassolite,which forms in an acidic environment
Journal (volume)
MAR1 v* 1950 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY...off California and Mexico 7 Geology Along the Electra and West Point Tunnels, Amador County, California...Tungsten Deposits of the Tungsten Hills, Inyo 23 County, California Geology of the Placerita Oil Field...Deposits in Sonoma County, Mines and Mineral Resources Annual Report Los Angeles County, California of ... California Sonoma County, 43 81 83 California of the State Mineralogist, Chief of the Division
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2265(7) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA. (ICDD 12-299). 4.82 (100), 3.510 (90), 4.32 (35)...of pyrite in aluminous rocks or in coal seams; in the oxidized zone of pyritic hydrothermal mineral deposits...deposits, typically in arid regions, typically post-mining; a fumarolic product; formed in caves. Association:...Kalinite, alunogen, epsomite, melanterite, copiapite, gypsum. Distribution: Widespread, so only a few localities...Tarapacá; at Quetena, west of Calama, and Chuquicamata, Antofagasta. In the USA, in New Mexico, from near
Report (issue)
69 Total 100.13 100.00 • (1) Wamsutter, Wyoming, USA. (2) (NH4 )Al(SO4 )2 12H2 O. Occurrence: An uncommon...geothermal gas vents and fumaroles. Association: Gypsum, ammoniojarosite, epsomite, rostite, alunogen (shales...boussingaultite, mascagnite, voltaite (The Geysers, California, USA). Distribution: In the Czech Republic, from Čermnı́ky...near Kladno, Zastávka, near Brno, and elsewhere in the brown coal basins near Most and Bı́lina. From Voinesti...in the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena, and at Larderello, Val di Cecina, Tuscany; from the Solfatara
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT. Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1939 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 70803 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Ohas. V. Averill, District Mining
Report (issue)
00 (1) Pintado Canyon, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA. (2) Al2 (SO4 )3 • 17H2 O. Occurrence: Forms by reaction...halotrichite, pickeringite, epsomite, alum, melanterite, gypsum. Distribution: Many localities, at some in large...Libros, near Teruel, Teruel Province, Spain. From the Stamm Asser mine, near Schwartzenberg, and at Bräunsdorf...Bräunsdorf, near Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. From the Avacha and other volcanoes, Kamchatka Peninsula,...Iquique, Tarapacá. On Mount Pelée, Martinique. In the USA, abundant at Smoky Mountain, Jackson Co., North
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a locality that has been variously described in the literature as being on Sicily; near Rimini, Marche;...matrix. The specimen, purchased in 1977 from 314 ROCKS & MINERALS Kristalle, is #34747 of the collection...collection curated in the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada. It is featured in figure 135 of Dr. George...10:29 26 April 2015 SULFUR WAS RECOGNIZED early in the history of mineralogy, in part because of its unusual...collectors as one of the few relatively common, bright yellow minerals and to the general population for
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in a sample from the hot-springs setting at The Geysers (Sonoma County), California. (NHo)rO,0. l9olo... After subtraction of the silica as an amorphous impurity, the mineral has the following chemical formula:...assuming a stoichiometric sulfate content. Within the analytical uncertainties,this analysis approximates...high HrO and low Al and NHo contents and yields the following chemical assuming 2.00 SOe- anions' formula:...thermogravimetric, and mid-infrared data all support the presenceof HrO* in synthetic ammonioalunite. Structural
 
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