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Epidote from
Bumpus Property Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, 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 Bumpus Property Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:343116
Long-form Identifier:1:3:343116:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘFord Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘLightfoot Mine (Cowan Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘHughes Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘSuperior Stone Quarry (Red Hill Quarry), Red Hill, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
35.0km (21.8 miles) ⓘShadwell Mine (Chalottesville Quarry), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
49.2km (30.5 miles) ⓘPeters Mountain occurrence, Peters Mountain, Southwest Mts (Chestnut Ridge), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
52.7km (32.8 miles) ⓘAmerican Rutile Quarry, Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
59.6km (37.1 miles) ⓘSulphur Mine (Crenshaw Mine; Victoria Furnace Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
67.3km (41.8 miles) ⓘBoxley Quarry (Mt. Athos Quarry), Campbell County, Virginia, USA
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘHightop Mine, Hightop, Standardsville, Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Greene County, Virginia, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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