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Epidote from
Unnamed Epidote occurrence [1], Confidence, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Comments:Occurs in contact rock.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Epidote occurrence [1], Confidence, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:656296
Long-form Identifier:1:3:656296:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSivori and Lucky Strike group (Hunch Lime Cap; Lucky Strike; Ironking; Mammoth; Little Wonder; Tungstar), Confidence, Soulsbyville & Confidence Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘNew Melones Dam, Calaveras County, California, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) ⓘNew Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Epidote occurrence [1], Esmeralda, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
40.9km (25.4 miles) ⓘNorth Keystone Mine (Keystone Mine), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘHigh Sierra claim, Sachse Monument, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘBlue Dipper Mine (Blue Dipper group), Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘMoore Creek Mine (Moore Creek deposit; Bay Horse Mine; Whitehorse; White Horse Mine), Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘBlue Dipper group, Buena Vista, Mariposa County, California, USA
49.8km (31.0 miles) ⓘMiracle Mountain Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Little, James MacFarlane (1942a), Tungsten deposits of the Confidence mining district, Tuolumne County, California: California Division Mines Report 38: 287
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 177
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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