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Gypsum from
Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs as Permian beds up to 50 feet thick below the Snyder Hill Limestone; includes alabaster.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:225897
Long-form Identifier:1:3:225897:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Gypsum in this Region
Empire Mountains deposit, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Empire Mountains group, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Pantano - South of, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘEmpire Mountains group, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘTotal Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘEmpire Mountains deposit, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘOmega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘHelvetia Mine, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘRemco Materials Gypsum Mine, Cross Hill, Marsh Station vicinity, Pima County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Gypsum occurrence (2), Pima County, Arizona, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Gypsum occurrence (6), Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘMarsh Station vicinity, Pima County, Arizona, USA
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘArrastra Mine, Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, AZ, USGS Bull. 582
Stone, R.W. (1920), Gypsum deposits of the United States, USGS Bull. 697: 52
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 60.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.242
 
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