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Epidote from
Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Silver8
Native Copper5
Quartz3
Datolite2
Chrysocolla1
K Feldspar1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:172610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:172610:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘNational Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘPeninsula Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘRockland Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘMichigan Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘBumblebee Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘLake Superior Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘFlintsteel Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘFlintsteel River Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘNebraska Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘCaledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
References
Henwood, William Jory (1871) On the Native Copper of Lake Superior, in Observations of Metalliferous Deposits, and on Subterranean Temperature - Part the First. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 8 (1). 385-489
Rosemeyer, Tom (2001) The Copper-Bearing Conglomerate Lodes of the Michigan Copper Country. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (3). 156-188 doi:10.1080/00357520109603214
 
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