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Epidote from
Kalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Ore Body
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Comments:Occurs in hydrothermally altered quartz monzonite & monzonite porphyries associated with the less-intensely altered areas.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Biotite
Chlorite Group
Hydrobiotite
Zoisite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:239168
Long-form Identifier:1:3:239168:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘOracle Ridge Mine, Pima County, Arizona, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘTaylor X claims (Taylor claims Ml88; Ml89; Ml90; Ml91 and Ml96), Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.7km (14.8 miles) ⓘStratton Mine (Old Hat Mine), Stratton-Daily Camp, Mount Bigelow, Pima County, Arizona, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘKorn Kob Mine, Buchman Canyon, Redington Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fe-Cu prospect (1), Brady Wash, Cottonwood Hill area, Horse Ranch Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu prospect Ml59, Canada del Oro Mining District (Cañada del Oro Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (18), Oracle Junction area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.8km (22.3 miles) ⓘCopper Hill prospect, Crozier Peak area, Cottonwood Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect (52), Owl Head Buttes area, Owl Head Mining District, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Schwartz, George Melvin (1947) Hydrothermal alteration in the "porphyry copper" deposits. Economic Geology, 42 (4) 319-352 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.42.4.319
Creasey, Saville Cyrus (1959) Some phase relations in the hydrothermally altered rocks of porphyry copper deposits. Economic Geology, 54 (3) 351-373 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.54.3.351
Lowell, J. David (1968) Geology of the Kalamazoo orebody, San Manuel District, Arizona. Economic Geology, 63 (6) 645-654 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.63.6.645
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.215
 
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