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Diopside from
HWY 118 Rd cuts, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Actinolite-Tremolite Series1
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view HWY 118 Rd cuts, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:930833
Long-form Identifier:1:3:930833:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘLockwoods Farm occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘSilver Crater Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘMadawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘDiamond Lake, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘDyno Turn, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘBaptiste Lake area, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘKemp prospect (Kemp property; Kemp uranium mine), Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect pit, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘMcFall Lake occurrence (Birds Creek), Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘHarcourt Graphite Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
References
Pterson, Helen (1970) Peterson Giude to Mineral Collecting Bancroft area
 
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