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Diopside from
Lost Creek Mine, Lost Creek Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lost Creek Mine, Lost Creek Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:499129
Long-form Identifier:1:3:499129:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘAdams Peak Claims, Lost Creek Mining District, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘIndian Queen Mine, Utopia Mining District (Birch Creek Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
45.3km (28.2 miles) ⓘLimekiln Hill skarn occurrence, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘReady Cash (U. S. Gold; Paymaster), Highland Mining District (Siberia Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘCamp Creek Corundum Occurrence, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘMoffet-Johnston Mine, Tidal Wave Mining District, Madison County, Montana, USA
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘToll Mountain Occurrence, Little Pipestone Mining District, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
58.0km (36.0 miles) ⓘPipestone Mine, Bald Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
72.0km (44.8 miles) ⓘGilliam Vermiculite Deposit (Pony Vermiculite Deposit), Mineral Hill Mining District (Pony Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘBlack Chief Iron Mine, Olson Gulch Mining District, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
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