An apparently undeveloped set of mineral veins adjacent to a population center along the Trans-Peninsular Highway 1, Baja California Norte. Site lies approximately 40 kilometers east of Punta Baja, on the north side of Highway 1. Known mineralization first identified by John Sinkankas, and consists of epidote and associated contact and/or low-grade regional metamorphics emplaced in granitics and metastratified sequences of the central Baja peninsula.

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✪ Epidote

1 valid mineral.

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✪ Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

References:

Peninsular Range Collection - Curtis Wilbur, owner

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Epidote	9.BG.05a	(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Epidote	(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Epidote	(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Epidote	(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Epidote	(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Epidote	(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Epidote	(CaCa)(AlAlFe³⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

Sonoran DesertDesert

North America Plate

Peninsular Ranges BatholithVolcanic Arc
Vizcaino basinBasin

Pacific PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Gastil, R.R., Phillips, R.. P., and Allison, E. C., 1975, Reconnaissance Geology of the Sate of Baja California, Geological Society of America Memoir 140.

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