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Tremolite from
Little Grass Valley Mine, Pine Grove Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tremolite
Formula:◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as fibrous sheets (mountain leather; mountain cork).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tremolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Grass Valley Mine, Pine Grove Mining District, East Belt, Amador County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:637325
Long-form Identifier:1:3:637325:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite
14.1km (8.7 miles) ⓘChrysoprase and Moss Opal deposits, River Pines, Fiddletown Mining District (Oleta Mining District), Amador County, California, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘGarnet Hill Mine (Rheona claim), Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘAlta Mine [2], Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘStifle claims (Stifle prospects; Stifle Memorial claim; Traverse Cr. Special Interest Area; Traverse Creek Special Interest Area), Meadow Brook, Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
85.6km (53.2 miles) ⓘMorgan Mine (Morgan deposits), Snakehead Point, Placer County, California, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp.: 70
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.
 
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