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Gypsum from
Highway 62, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA


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 Highway 62, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:991048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:991048:5
GUID (UUID V4):c7751200-cad6-4d07-8c2e-79c28fe8f17a
References
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Report (issue)
from Carlsbad; N. Mex. to Project Gnome site By James B. Cooper Feb. 1962 ROAD LOG FROM CARLSBAD, HEW...HEW MEXICO, TO PROJECT GNOME SITE Prepared by James B. Cooper, United States Geological Survey on behalf...to Junction with U.S. Highway 285 at traffic light. Bear LEFT on U.S. Highway 285 and continue SOUTH...Street through the business district of the city. Carlsbad had a population of 25,5^1 in 1960 and is at an...valley of southeastern Eddy County, New Mexico. It is the county seat of Eddy County and is the sixth largest
Report (issue)
————————————————————————————————————— El Paso-Carlsbad roadlog——————————————————————————————————— McKittrick...Introduction——————————————————————————————————————————— Carlsbad-Alamogordo roadlog—————————————————————————————————...completed on the "Permian reef complex" of Texas and New Mexico which have established an excellent stratigraphic...area to the reef these sediments include: nodular gypsum and anhydrite beds interlayered with red siltstones;...sabkhas led to the formation of evaporite minerals (gypsum and anhydrite), the withdrawal of these calcium
Report (issue)
CENOZOIC HISTORY OF PECOS REGION, SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO By George 0. Bachman TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE...12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 PAGE Index map of New Mexico Reconnaissance map showing major geologic features...drainage in the Delaware basin, southeastern New Mexico, and incorporates an outline of the dissolution...evaporites in the region. Evaporites include anhydrite, gypsum, halite and related minerals. They are included...include collapse sinks, karst mounds (new term), karst domes (new term) and caves. Karst mounds are erosional
Report (issue)
Geology and water resources of the Carlsbad area, Eddy County, New Mexico L. J. Bjorklund and W. S. Motts...Survey P.O. Prepared in cooperation with the NEW MEXICO STATE ENGINEER Open-file report December 1959...Blackdom plain -- -- --- - --- - - - - Orchard Park plain 2^ 29 33 .- 35 37 Drainage 39 ii CONTENTS...facies 62 Geologic history 63 Geologic structures 6? The role of solution in the Carlsbad area 73...of water « Municipal supply 156 - * 156 156 Carlsbad Happy Valley .- 157 White City Irrigation supplies
Report (volume)
Surface Geology of the Nash Draw Quadrangle Eddy County New Mexico By JAMES D. VINE CONTRIBUTIONS GEOLOGICAL...Nash draw quadrangle... In pocket Southestern New Mexico and adjacent part of Texas showing location of...formation...-____.____-__ Broken and slumped outcrop of gypsum in the Forty-niner member of the Rustler formation...SURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE NASH DRAW QUADRANGLE, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By JAMES D. VINE ABSTRACT Outcropping...the Delaware basin and about 15 miles east of Carlsbad, N. Mex. The region is sparsely inhabited and
Report (issue)
Geology of the Guadalupe Mountains New Mexico By PHILIP T. HAYES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Thayer, 1923— Geology of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Wash­ ington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964....: p. 62-65. 1. Geology—New Mexico—Guadalupe Mountains.I I. Title : The Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico...Previous exploration I 56 Future possibilitiesI 56 Gypsum I 56 Building stoneI 56 Gravel I 56 Sodium sulfate...I58 58 Yeso IliIls and Gypsum Plain I 59 Selected stratigraphic sectionsI 62 References cited I 67 Index
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 68 Gypsum Resources of New Mexico by ROBERT H. WEBER and FRANK E. KOTTLOWSKI 1959 STATE BUREAU...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...Burroughs .......................... Governor of New Mexico Tom Wiley .................................................................................. Carlsbad Frank C. DiLuzio .............................................. Albuquerque For sale by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Campus Station
Report (issue)
prospects or open cuts. Culberson Brewster County U Fluorite, U, Mo, Hg Hg, fluorite Ag, Pb,...sides of State Highway 118. ~30°4'N. lat.; 103°33'W. long. North of Big Bend National Park, east of State...State Highway 118. ~29°28'N. lat.; 103°27'W. long. Southernmost part of Big Bend National Park. ~29°06'N...Allamore Talc, north of Van Horn mining area along the county boundary. 31°10'N. lat.; 104°52'W. long. Seven...Barite South of New Mexico boundCu, Pb, Zn; fluorite ary and north of U.S. Highway 62, 180. ~31°58'N.
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A. NORTHROP University of Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER ...UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1...history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New New Mexico under
Book
and New Mexico • • The Perrnian Reef Complex of the Guadalupe Mountains Region, Texas and New Mexico...Stratigraphic sections of upper dolomite of Yates A 62. Cumulative plot of stratigraphic sections, backreef...reef-backreef ( Tansill) relationships, near Carlsbad Caverns 69. Silicification 70. Solubility curves of...sedin1ents tl1roughout western Texas and southern New Mexico consist of remarkably clean, uniform quartz sandstone...Mountains area ( Fig. 1) of western Texas and southern New Ivfex.ico, some of which are among the most extensive
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Ship Rock, northwestern San Juan...Juan County. An igneous intrusion with radiating dikes. In the Rattlesnake pool, less than five miles... (Spence Air Photos.) BULLETIN 18 PLATE 1 NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL...BULLETIN NO. 18 The Oil and Gas Resources of New Mexico SECOND EDITION Compiled by ROBERT L. BATES Geologist...Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO 1942 CONTENTS Page The State Bureau of Mines
Report (issue)
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...and Nancy Gilson New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 SOCORRO,...1996 11 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Daniel H. Lopez, President NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF...REGENTS Ex Officio Gary Johnson, Governor of New Mexico Alan Morgan, Superintendent of Public Instruction...NMSU NANCY J. McMILLAN, NMSU HOWARD B. NICKELSON, Carlsbad GLENN R. OSBURN, Washington Univ. ALLAN R. SANFORD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 Microfolding in the Castile...Texas and New Mexico ABSTRACT The Castile laminated calcite-anhydrite of Eddy County, New Mexico, and Culberson...Culberson County, Texas, and the Todilto laminated calcite of Valencia County, New Mexico, contain small-scale...Castile formation and Jurassic Todilto formation in New Mexico and West Texas, and the collection of a number...southeastern New Mexico and West Texas is characterized by alternating laminae of calcite, gypsum, or anhydrite
Book
HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY EOLOGY of TEXAS Darwin Spearing KW 3 4028 05687 8482 HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC...Christi.96 Padre Island National Seashore.98 Rockport/Fulton and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.101 U...Texas 46: New Braunfels—Boerne.161 Farm Road 965: Fredericksburg—Enchanted Rock State Park—Texas 16.162...Rock State Park.164 Park 4, Farm Road 2342, Farm Road 1431: Buchanan Dam—Inks Lake State Park—Longhorn...Cavern State Park—Marble Falls.170 Farm Road 2766: Johnson City—Pedemales Falls State Park. 276 Hill Country
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES Bulletin 165 2023 Quaternary and Archaeological Geology...Geology of the Mescalero Plain, Southeastern New Mexico Stephen A. Hall Ronald J. Goble GEOLOGY Quaternary...Southeastern New Mexico Stephen A. Hall Ronald J. Goble Bulletin 165 February 2023 New Mexico Bureau of...and Mineral Resources A Research Division of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Bulletin...Southeastern New Mexico Stephen A. Hall and Ronald J. Goble Copyright © 2023 New Mexico Bureau of Geology
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES POTASH COMPANY...COMPANY, REFINERY BULLETIN 12 FRONTISPIECE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL...NO. 12 The Non-Metallic Mineral Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features (EXCLUSIVE OF FUELS)...-------------------------------------- -- 15 New Mexico applications -------------------------------...OF NEW MEXICO ----------------------------------------------- 19 Natural divisions of New Mexico ---
Report (issue)
Quebec. National Mineral Collection specimen No. 61985 Bottom: Wakefield Township, Quebec. National Mineral...Lynch, Kodak mines Seybold (Moore) Mine Lafleche Caverns Lake Girard Mine Wakefield quarry Breckin Mine...50 51 52 54 54 54 55 56 56 57 57 59 59 59 60 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 69 70 70 71 71 72 72...Kirkham Mine Orser-Kraft quarry Silver Lake Mine Highway 509 occurrence Angelstone (Sharbot Lake) quarry...Marlhill Mine Robertsville (Mississippi) Mine Highway 41 occurrence Golden Fleece (Addington) Mine Ore
Report (issue)
EVIDENCE FOR THE BARRERA FAULT, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO Open-file Report 79-1520 U:S. GIOLOGICAL SURVEY...information will be published in the monthly listing "New Publications of the Geological Survey" FOR ADDITIONAL...EVIDENCE FOR THE BARRERA FAULT, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO By P. T. Hayes and G. 0. Bachman CONTENTS Page...----------------------------------------------Carlsbad Fault"---------------------------------------...Figure 1.--Index map showing major features of the Carlsbad area------------------------2.--Photograph showing
Book
North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796...meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of...also require the visitor to secure permission from county, state, or federal agencies. Above all, cave visitors...experiences solid bedrock overhead, an entirely new and awesome world is encountered (plate 1). Cave...such as dolomite (calcium-magnesium-carbonate), gypsum (calciumsulfate), and calcareous shale, are also
Report (issue)
6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. National Mineral Collection specimen No. 42584. National Museum of Canada photo...measures 21 cm by 20 cm. National Mineral Collection specimen No. 36463. National Museum of Canada photo...Mine Hickey Mine Selby Hill sunstone occurrence National Graphite Mine McKenzie Lake Mine Bancroft to Apsley...Greyhawk Mine Madawaska (Faraday) Mine Dyno Mine Highway 620 road-cuts Paudash - Haliburton - Minden Bicroft...Gibson Road (western) occurrence Gill quarries Highway 507 road-cut Fraser quarry Nu-World uranium mine
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lafl~che Caverns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . ...41 42 44 45 47 ·49 52 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 Ottawa - Peterborough McFarland quarry... . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Int er national Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pinewood Park Lake Road quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...•..•..•.•..•.•..•...•............. Stoklosar (Highway 62) quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
31< l New Arrivals | i \ I /MINERAL® 'SUPPLIER Jx AMETHYST CRYSTAL GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico. Many...prices. SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico. Sawed halves on agate shell. These with brilliant...above prices. WHOLE UNOPENED GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico. Complete guaranteed hollow or refund of your purchase...white quartz, diameter $3.50 ea. AGATE SLABS. From Mexico or Brazil. These cut a full Va" thick and containing...Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. These are some of the specimens we obtained while in Mexico. At the present we
Report (issue)
Pupuri Salina « 19* Index nap of southeastern lev Mexico and West Vtxss Ml MJ 19a* Southeastvard liait...and tte Delaware Mountain group* ««..«* . ««. . 62 23* V&ciea relation* between tte Rustler, Balado...at the tljet along the Pacific coaet of central Mexico and evaporlte formations of Permian age in feet...deposition of contemporaneous asrlae salt deposits in Mexico is acidic, is strongly reducing a fev centiaeters...neters* The Csstilr formation Is largely scoposed of gypsum rock, the Salado, halite rock, end the Rustlert
Book (edition)
Minor time divisions are not included except for national parks where the terms significance. Adapted from...President, Director of National Book Program Alfred C. Grisanti Assistant Director of National Book Program Paul...Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii U.S. National Parks Location Map xiv Part | ScENERY DEVELOPED...The Geologic View of Time 5 1. Grand Canyon National Park Geologic Features 10 Box 1.1 How Rocks Are...CLASSIFIED Geologic History 5. Canyonlands National Park 7 13 19 Box 1.2 AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is suggested. INTRODUCTION The Pease River group (new name):1 Includes the San Angelo, Flowerpot, Elaine...block A., H. & T. C. R. R. Co., survey Ilardeman County, Texas --------- - -- ---------- - --- - ---------...is the South Fork of the Wichita River in King County. The bed of this river is accessible by road from...Little Croton Creek in the southeast corner of King County, 7 miles south of the South Fork of the Wichita...the secondary deposition of calcium sulphate as gypsum, selenite, and satin spar is widespread (PL 3,
 
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