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Gypsum from
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs as gangue in veins in andesite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Baryte
Calcite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44030
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44030:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘDives Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘMcKnight Mine (Lucky Star Mine; Lucky Star claims), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
31.3km (19.5 miles) ⓘCrown Uranium prospect (Crown Uranium group; Tenn-Cal claims; Tenn-Cal group), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) ⓘBluebird Kyanite Mine (Vitrefrax Corporation property; Vitrefrax Mine; Bluebird Hill Kyanite deposit; Drifted Snow; Foster Bluebird Mine; Bluebird Mine; Ogilby Kyanite deposit), Vitrefrax Hill (Bluebird Hill), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘLaguna Mining District (Las Flores Mining District), Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts), Yuma County, Arizona, USA
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘBlanc placer, Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Gypsum deposit, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘPandino Mine (Pandino claim; Panadero Mine), Las Flores Mine group, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, Laguna Mining District (Las Flores Mining District), Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts), Yuma County, Arizona, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Gypsum occurrence (Castle Dome occurrence), Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘGolden Queen Mine, Las Flores Mine group, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, Laguna Mining District (Las Flores Mining District), Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts), Yuma County, Arizona, USA
References
Rocks & Min.: 61:55-56
Foshag, William F. (1919) Famous mineral localities: Yuma County, Arizona. American Mineralogist, 4 (12) 149-150
Bancroft, Peter; Bricker, Garth (1990) Arizona's Silver Mining District. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (2). p.151-168.pp.160-160
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.241
 
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