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Lepidolite from
Bald Mountain pegmatite (Evans Ranch), Upper Bear Creek, Bald Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Notes:Visited pegmatite and owner of property let me know to not dig there and that the park up the road has similar rules.
Classification
Species:'Lepidolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lepidolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bald Mountain pegmatite (Evans Ranch), Upper Bear Creek, Bald Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:435592
Long-form Identifier:1:3:435592:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Lepidolite
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘMcGuire pegmatite (Lone Lode; Lonesome pegmatite), Park County, Colorado, USA
62.7km (38.9 miles) ⓘHilda May No. 3 claim, Hackett Mountain, Teller County, Colorado, USA
93.3km (58.0 miles) ⓘNew Hope claims, Crystal Mountain Pegmatite Mining District (Storm Mountain Mining District), Larimer County, Colorado, USA
98.9km (61.5 miles) ⓘCameron Cone, Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing. 676pp.
 
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