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Gypsum from
Saline Valley, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs as efflorescences, crusts and crystals in sands and muds.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Saline Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:676832
Long-form Identifier:1:3:676832:4
GUID (UUID V4):755883a6-fc12-4a88-bdd4-4d51a27a29e6
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
21.6km (13.4 miles) Reward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Green Monster Mine, Kearsarge, Kearsarge Mining District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) Defiance Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) Darwin Mines (Darwin group; Defiance; Driver; Independence; Lane; Liberty; Lucky Jim; Southwest and Thompson; Bernon; Rip Van Winkle; Mexicanus Colorado Inc.), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) Thompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
51.9km (32.2 miles) Zinc Hill Mine (Utacaia group; Colorado group; Darwin Zinc prospect), Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill Mining District, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo County, California, USA
53.3km (33.1 miles) Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo County, California, USA
57.1km (35.5 miles) Crater Mine (Crater group; Crater Nos. 1-6 claims), Crater, Last Chance Range, Inyo County, California, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) Last Chance Peak Mine (Last Chance Mountain Mine; El Capitan Mine; El Capitam Mine), Crater, Last Chance Range, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
potential of the Saline Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas Inyo County, California Chester T....potential of the Saline Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas Inyo County, California by Chester T...map of the Saline Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas, Inyo County, California..............showing location of Saline Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas, California.............. 2. Map...showing mines and prospects in the Saline Valley and Lower Saline Wilderness Study Areas............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
non-marine evaporite deposit of Saline Valley, Inyo County, California LAWRENCE A. HARDIE Department of...the Saline Valley playa has been carried out. Halite, thenerdite mirabilite, glauberite, gypsum, calcite...waters reaching the playa, and (2) precipitation of gypsum at the playa edge, which controls the initial SO...of the playa, roughly concentric zones carry gypsum; gypsum + glauberite; glauberite; gleuberite + halite...Deep Spring Lake, California, and EUMTER and SMITH (1965) on Searles Lake, California. The present study
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
though thousands of saline lakes exist on all continents except E urope. Saline lake deposits, however...River Formation of Wyoming and Searles Lake of California being the exceptions. This neglect is unfortunate...of Afghanistan, India, and China, and the Rift Valley lakes. of E. A frica. Many of these basins were...1. alluvial fan; 2. sand flat; 3. mud flat; 4. saline mud flat; 5. perennial salt lake; 6. ephemeral...very coarse sediment which build out towards the valley floor. Surface and capillary evaporation lead to
Report (issue)
Iran |D ', Ashin Deh-e-Shotoran Tonkar Puga Valley i ii , Greece Karlovassi Basin - Samos Island...Zeolite Deposit CALICO-DAGGET AREA United States - California Aguila GilaBend ': 11 N N N N N 34-5734...Lower Sunray (Rho) Koehn Lake KRAMER AREA Kramer Inyo LilaC Lizzy V. Oakley Low Lower Biddy McCarthy Maria...116-40-34W Death Valley Death Valley Death Valley Death Valley Death Valley Death Valley Fort Cady P 'BO...36-19-11N Death Valley - Ryan area Death Valley - Amargosa area ; 36-1 5-30N 36-23-14N Death Valley 36-31-35N
Report (issue)
map of mercury-sulfur-gypsum mineralization at Crater, Inyo County, California By M. S. Erickson, S...TE 1. Location map of the Crater Area, Inyo County , California 2 Map showing geology and rock sample...t1ercury-Sul fur - Gypsum Cal i fo rn i a ••• t~ineral i zed Area, Inyo County, ....................Crater mercury-su l f ur-gypsum ~ineral ized area is located in eastcentral California along the crest of the...Last Chance Range, west of the north end of Death Valley ( fig. 1) . The area is in the northwest quarter
Report (chapter)
the evolution of brine compositions in non-marine saline lakes. These “chemical divides” are based on the...relatively insoluble minerals such as calcite and gypsum. The concept is used to determine the ultimate...and thenardite, to simple hydrous salts such as gypsum, mirabilite and a series of variably hydrated Mg...abbreviations are used in Figures 1 through 8. Mineral Gypsum Anhydrite Abbrev. gy an Component formula CaSO4...mineral in water. The common simple Ca sulfate salts, gypsum and anhydrite, are the least soluble of these minerals;
Report (issue)
Tectonic Reorganizations of the Death Valley Region, Southeast California and Southwest Nevada Professional...Tectonic Reorganizations of the Death Valley Region, Southeast California and Southwest Nevada By Christopher...tectonic reorganizations of the Death Valley region, southeast California and southwest Nevada: U.S. Geological...tectonic reorganizations of the Death Valley Region, southeast California and southwest Nevada / by Christopher...Morphotectonics--Death Valley Region (Calif. and Nev.) 2. Paleoseismology--Death Valley Region (Calif. and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4 tam) reflectance spectra were recorded for 35 saline minerals that representthe wide range of mineral...evaporite settings.The spectra show that many of the saline minerals exhibit diagnosticnear-infrared absorption...[1971, 1972] recorded VNIR reflectance spectra of gypsum, bassanite, halite, thenardite, and several borate...[1960], Omori and Kerr [1963], and Schudeposits of saline minerals formed by precipitation from bert [1967])...recordedrapidly in the field, permittingin situ measurements gypsum, sodium and magnesium sulfates, borax, lithium
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1938 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 5478! LIBRARY UNIVERSITY C- CALIFORNIA D:\ViS 1 DIVISION OF...Development and Mining Activity in Southern « California during the year 1937 Geologic Branch Current...Gold and Petroleum in California Special Articles Gem Minerals of California Lapidary Art 7 7 7
Journal (issue)
of Owens Valley, California near State 190. Photo by David Muench of Santa Barbara, California. 8 Roger...SEVENTEEN PALMS OASIS 16 Dick Bloomquist BEAR VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 18 Howard Neal DESERT WILDERNESS, NEW...74-425 Highway 111, P. 0 . Box 1318, Palm Desert, California 92260. Telephone Area Code 714 346-8144. SUBSCRIPTION...monthly. Second class postage paid at Palm Desert, California and at additional mailing offices under Act of...was thought to be daft. Now, places like Death Valley, the hottest place in the United States, is experiencing
Report (issue)
IgtmmtSlTY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE...PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA Chapters of State Mineralogist's Report Biennial Period 1915-1916 CALIFORNIA STATE...OFFICE SACRAMENTO 19 19 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Cr CALIFORNIA Da v I S CONTENTS. Page Administrative...Administrative Statement xxiii Participation of the California State Mining Bureau in the Panama-Pacific International
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
80526, USA Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA a r...Hypersaline Lechuguilla Cave a b s t r a c t Several saline and hypersaline pools have been identified in caves...(CaCO3) and sepiolite (Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O) or gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O). These general principles have been...1969; Donovan and Rose, 1994), and the genesis of saline soils (Vergouwen, 1981; Timpson et al., 1986)....Carlsbad Cavern (Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA) can be attributed to evaporation (Hill and Forti
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Jenifer mine, Boron, California, USA. 12.2 (100), 7.75 (80), 6.00 (30), 4.16 (30)...Total 100.11 100.00 (1) Suckow mine, Boron, California, USA. (2) NaCaB5 O6 (OH)6 • 5H2 O. Occurrence: Typically...probertite, glauberite, trona, mirabilite, calcite, gypsum, halite. Distribution: In Chile, from near Iquique...the USA, at Columbus Marsh, Rhodes Marsh, and Teels Marsh, Esmeralda Co., Nevada; in California, from...from Death Valley and Saline Valley, Inyo Co., in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co. In Canada,
Report (volume)
........................................ Grand Saline.......................................................... Steen Saline.................................................. Brooks Saline...................... Harmon County plains...................................... 127 127 Alfalfa County plain......... 128 Blaine County plain........................................ 128 Beckham County plain............................:.......... Jackson County plains. ..................................... 128 129 Bibliography
Report (issue)
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...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Book
DESERT FEVER f An Overview of Mining in the California Desert Larry M. Vredenburgh Gary L. Shumway...Russell D. Hartill Living West Press Canoga Park, California Copyright c 1981 by Russell D. Hartill, Gary...of Desert Fever: An Overview of Mining in the California Desert has been limited to 1,000 copies of which...Future Imperial County 7 Riverside County 24 San Bernardino County Kern County 181 Inyo County 222 58 269...269 Summary of Mining in the California Desert Bibliography 284 Glossary of Mining Terms 299 Index 305
Report (volume)
Auriferous gravels in the Weaverville quadrangle, California, by J. S. Diller...............................quadrangle, California, by H. G. Ferguson.. Mineral resources of the Inyo and White mountains, California, by...Umpleby.... The Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nev., by J. M. Hill...... Survey publications.......................... Survey publications on gypsum and plasters............................ Survey...Death,Valley, Gal., by H. S. Gale.............. 407 Salt, borax, and potash in Saline Valley, Inyo Coun*v_
Report (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE UBEHEBE PEAK...PEAK QUADRANGLE INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SPECIAL REPORT 42 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS j DIVISION...Sierra Blanca limestone in Santa Barbara County, California, by George W. Walker. 1950. 5 pp., 1 pi....Santa Clara Counties, The Calera limestone, California, by George W. Geology of Burruel Ridge, northwestern... tains, California, 2. Geology of part of the Delta-Mendota Canal near Tracy, California, by Parry
Report (issue)
........... Grinding and polishing materials.. Gypsum.......................... Iron...................Alaska, with an account of the central Ivuskokwim Valley and. the lluby Creek and Gold Hill placers: Bull...Bull. 533, pp. 64-136, 1913. Mining in Chitina Valley: Bull. 542, pp. 81-85, 1913. Geology of the Hanagita-Bremner...Chitina Valley: Bull. 622, pp. 103-117, pis. 4-5, 1915. Mineral resources of the upper Chitina Valley: Bull...pp. 155-182, pis. 10-11,1917. The upper Chitina Valley, Alaska, with a description of the igneous rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evaporite Member, which is composed of secondary gypsum at outcrop, can be subdivided into a bedded lower...upper unit. In the bedded lower unit, most of the gypsum throughout the basin can be identified as having...characterized by laminated to banded gypsum and nodular gypsum in the marginal areas of the evaporitic...evaporitic basin, whereas thick, clast-supported gypsum breccias prevail in the northern, deeper part of the...Evaporites; Lacustrine; Glauberite; Thenardite; Gypsum; Turkey 1. Introduction A number of nonmarine
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Report (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA Bulletin 156...OFFICE LOS ANGELES / PLEASE RETURN STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...11 AUGUST 156 1950 MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND... The Honorable Earl Governor of the State of California Ills Dear Warren have the honor to transmit...herewith Bulletin 156, Mineral Commodities of California, prepared by the staff of the Division of Mines
Report (issue)
MINEEAL EESOUKCES OF THE INYO AND WHITE MOUNTAINS, CALIFOENIA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The first...Eange; the southern portion of it is termed the Inyo Mountains and the northern portion the White Mountains...it was then that the mines of Cerro Gordo, in the Inyo Mountains, were yielding the great output of base...notable producer of silverlead ore in the State of California. Gold ores have also been important, and recently...briefly described the geology of Owens Valley and the origin of the valley with reference to the confining mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
so commonly that they, together with anhydride, gypsum, and limestone, may be considered as component...solenosnykh obrazovaniy [Geology and genesis of saline formations]: Kiev, Izdatelstvo N a u k o v a D... Primary solute input is, indeed, through very saline, alkaline hot springs located at the perimeter...with those of the dilute waters entering the Rift Valley, however, show that weathering reactions of volcanic...nonmarine evaporite deposits of Saline Valley, Inyo County, California: G e o c h i m . et C o s m o c
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
 
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