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Gypsum from
Swallow and South Pole placers, Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA


Locality type:Placer
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 Swallow and South Pole placers, Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:692408
Long-form Identifier:1:3:692408:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘU. S. Gypsum Company deposit A (U. S. Gypsum Company deposit), Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘTract 72 Gypsum deposit, Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘBlue Diamond Corp. deposit (Houck Tract 71 deposit), Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘU. S. Gypsum Company deposit C, Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘImperial Gypsum deposit (Pacific Portland Cement; California Gypsum group; Tracts 68; 69; 70; 78; Ward; Gillette; Imperial Gypsum and Oil Corporation), Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘDaisy Mine (Swallow placer No. 2), Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘCalifornia Portland Cement Company (Chaplin deposit), Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘPlaster City Quarry (Fish Creek Quarry), Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘShoveler-Annex Quarry, Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘImperial Gypsum Mine, Fish Creek Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
References
U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 23-86 (1986): 8-12.
 
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