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Diopside from
Washington Basin Deposit (Empire Vein), Custer County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Washington Basin Deposit (Empire Vein), Custer County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:452257
Long-form Identifier:1:3:452257:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.5km (1.0 miles) Meadowview Prospect, East Fork Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) Falling Star - West Pass group prospect, Upper East Fork Salmon River Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) Basin Group Prospect (Alta Copper), Alta Mining District (Alto Mining District; Wildhorse Mining District), Custer County, Idaho, USA
40.6km (25.2 miles) Phi Kappa Mine, Phi Kappa Canyon, Alta Mining District (Alto Mining District; Wildhorse Mining District), Custer County, Idaho, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) Bald Eagle Prospect, Warm Springs Mining District (Warm Springs Creek Mining District), Blaine County, Idaho, USA
45.8km (28.4 miles) Starlight Mine, Elkhorn Gulch, Warm Springs Mining District (Warm Springs Creek Mining District), Blaine County, Idaho, USA
50.6km (31.4 miles) Wildhorse Mine (Steep Climb; Hard To Find; Beaver), Alta Mining District (Alto Mining District; Wildhorse Mining District), Custer County, Idaho, USA
69.3km (43.0 miles) Drummond Claim (Drummond Copper Claim), Hailey Area, Blaine County, Idaho, USA
70.3km (43.7 miles) Copper Basin Mine (Reed and Davidson Property), Copper Basin Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
96.6km (60.0 miles) Sam and Tom Mine, Lava Creek Mining District, Butte County, Idaho, USA
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