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Epidote from
Black Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten deposit), Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Diopside
Nontronite
Quartz
Scheelite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten deposit), Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329406
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329406:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘMorris Ameil group, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘMorris claims (Morris Ameil group; Amiel group; Ameil et al claims), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘBell prospect, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘYellow Jacket Spring, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘChampion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘRound Valley Peak occurrence, Round Valley Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
32.6km (20.3 miles) ⓘQueens, Buena Vista Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘScheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘTungsten Blue Mine, Deep Canyon, Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘPine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Sampson, Reid J. (1940), Mineral resources of Mono County: California Mining Bureau. Report 36: 147
Lemmon, Dwight Moulton (1941b), Tungsten deposits of the Benton Range, Mono County, California: USGS Bulletin 922-S: 590-591
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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