Club	Location	Distance
Colorado Mineral Society	Lakewood, Colorado	10km
Mile High Rock and Mineral Society	Arvada, Colorado	13km
Denver Gem and Mineral Guild	Denver, Colorado	18km
Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chapter	Denver, Colorado	18km
Western Interior Paleontological Society	Denver, Colorado	18km

Mindat Locality ID:

114674

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:114674:8

GUID (UUID V4):

REF:Deposit:: LEROY, 1944, COLO. SCH. MINES DSC. THESIS
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64
Commodities (Major) - Clay
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Dakota Formation

Select Mineral List Type

Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Clay

Mineral List

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

ⓘ Gypsum

ⓘ var. Selenite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO₄ · 2H₂O

References:

Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.

ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite

Formula: CaSO₄ · 2H₂O

References:

Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Gypsum	7.CD.40	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
ⓘ	var. Selenite	7.CD.40	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Clay minerals'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
H	ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
O	ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
S	ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
Ca	ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O

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