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Epidote from
San Juan Mine (Peacock Mine), Peterson Wash, Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Comments:Occurs in the strong propylitic alteration zone which is locally peripheral to a chlorite-pyrite zone, in andesite, associated with chlorite and carbonate.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chlorite Group
Pyrite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Juan Mine (Peacock Mine), Peterson Wash, Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:250228
Long-form Identifier:1:3:250228:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘSafford deposit (Spalding; Lindsey and Anderson claims; Sanchez Copper deposit; Esperanza Mine), Sanchez, Lone Star Mining District (Safford Mining District; Dos Pobres Mining District), Graham County, Arizona, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘGold Gulch placers, Gold Gulch, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘLakeman group, Gold Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘBuzzard's Shadow Mine (Cansler Mine; New York and Arizona Gold Mines), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘCayuga Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘDover Copper Mines (Gold Belt Mines/group; Dover Copper group; Copper Plate Mine), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘCopper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain claim working; Old Blue shaft; Detroit Copper Co. group; Manganese Blue ore body), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘArizona Central Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘHumboldt Mine (Humboldt tunnel; Liverpool tunnel; Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘDetroit Mine (Arizona Copper Co. group [in part]), Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
References
Rose, Arthur W. (1970) Zonal relations of wallrock alteration and sulfide distribution at porphyry copper deposits. Economic Geology, 65 (8) 920-936 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.65.8.920
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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