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Epidote from
Packard prospect, Carbonate Peak, Old Woman District, Old Woman Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Packard prospect, Carbonate Peak, Old Woman District, Old Woman Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:332292
Long-form Identifier:1:3:332292:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed W occurrence [18], Carbonate Peak, Old Woman District, Old Woman Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘHidden Value Mine (Hidden Value and Victory Mine), Carbonate Peak, Old Woman District, Old Woman Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘBarred Spring prospect (Barrel Spring prospect ??; Unnamed prospect), Barrel Spring, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘIron Hat deposit (Iron Hat Iron deposit; Iron Hat Mine; Armstrong and Doran; Ironclad deposit; Iron-Clad deposit), Cadiz, Marble Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘIron Age Mine (Iron Age deposit), New Dale, San Bernardino County, California, USA
69.2km (43.0 miles) ⓘOrphan Boy Mine, Packard Well, Palen Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
71.7km (44.6 miles) ⓘRose of Peru Mine, Pinto Mountain, Riverside County, California, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘBlack Ace Mine (Doran Mine; Black Ace claim; New Ace No. 1 claim), Packard Well, Palen Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
73.2km (45.5 miles) ⓘMoose Mine, Pinto Mountain, Riverside County, California, USA
80.0km (49.7 miles) ⓘEagle Mountain Mine (Eagle Mountain Iron Mine; Eagle Mountain Iron deposit; Kaiser Steel Corp.), Eagle Mountain, Eagle Mountains Mining District (Monte Negro Mining District), Eagle Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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