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Epidote from
Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz29 photos of Epidote associated with Quartz at this locality.
Actinolite6 photos of Epidote associated with Actinolite at this locality.
Magnetite5 photos of Epidote associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Calcite4 photos of Epidote associated with Calcite at this locality.
Grossular2 photos of Epidote associated with Grossular at this locality.
Laumontite1 photo of Epidote associated with Laumontite at this locality.
Titanite1 photo of Epidote associated with Titanite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1332925
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1332925:1
GUID (UUID V4):6bfe2744-37e6-4f79-a9f8-1db18a413f18
Localities for Epidote in this Region
Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Bon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Cindarella No. 7 claim, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Cree Camp, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Taylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Tom Cat mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Mt White, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Poncha Pass Claim (3 Claims; Lucky Nos. 1), Poncha Pass Area, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Red Mountain Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Sedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite deposit; Patented Placer claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Salida, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Unnamed Prospects, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1: Lustrous epidote is 3.8 centimeters in length. From the J.H. Alexander collection, Denver Museum...Collins, Colorado 80521 PIDOTE from the Calumet Iron Mine in the Turret District, Salida, Colorado The Calumet...mineral localities in Colorado. Some of the best epidote ever discovered in Colorado has come from this... and uralite pseudomorphs. The association of epidote and quartz crystals was described as early as 1877...accessible through the town of Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. It is located in the Turret district
Report (issue)
Deposits of the Poncha Springs NE Quadrangle, Chaffee County,Colorado By RALPH E. VAN ALSTINE With a section... PAPER 626 Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Mining Industrial Development Board UNITED...Ralph E. Van Alstine and Doak C. Cox _________ _ Colorado-American mine ______________ -_Delay adit and...Poncha Springs NE quadrangle. Geologic map of the Colorado-American fluorspar mine, Browns Canyon district...district. Geologic map of underground workings, Colorado-American fluorspar mine. Longitudinal section showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The Collectorā€™s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951,...up-to-date guidebook to the stateā€™s minerals is Colorado Rockhounding, by Voynick (1994). Other published
Report (issue)
Quadrangle, Chaffee County, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Work done in cooperation with the Colorado State Mining...Deposits of the Poncha Springs SE Quadrangle, Chaffee County, Colorado By RALPH E. VAN ALSTINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 829 Work done in cooperation with the Colorado State Mining Industrial Development Board Description...Springs SE quadrangle, Colorado Page .In pocket Index map of south-central Colorado ______ __ ____ Photographs...quadrangle, Chaffee County Gravel pits in the Poncha Springs SE quadrangle, Chaffee County in GEOLOGY
Book
Pumice 5. 3. II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Rhyolite Colorado Mass. Felsite (Aporhyolite) Quartz-Felsite Porphyry...Porphyry South Dakota Rhyolite Porphyry (Nevadite) Colorado Pumiceous Rhyolite 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18...Granite Mass. Binary Granite N. H. Binary Granite Colorado Biotite-Granite R. I. Biotite-Granite Vermont...Sanidine-Trachyte Colorado Trachyte Porphyry S. Dakota 23. Bostonite 27. 28. 29. Phonolite Colorado Leucite-Syenite...Monzonite Colorado Phonolite-Nephelite-Syenite Series: IV. V. Perlite Colorado Vitrophyre Colorado Rhyolite-Granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IVAN JACOBSON 1714 S. Clarkson Street Denver, Colorado 80210 markivanjacobson@gmail.com No pegmatite...Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Parkā€“Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF...(2001) 3 Mount Antero and Mount White, Chaffee County, CO, USA Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic ...Mountains, Boise, Custer and Elsmore counties, ID, USA Sawtooth Granite in the Idaho batholith NYF Miarolitic
Book
.3 COLORADO. of COLORADO. J. S. l GEORGETOWN, COLO. GEORGETOWN COURIER PRINT. 1887. 3 Bancroft...From a mineralogical point of view the wealth of Colorado exceeds that of In the metallic minerals almost...to in the following pages Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society. Proceedings of the Academy...the U. S. Geological Survey. J. GEORGETOWN, COLORADO, January, 1887. S. RANDALL. : MINERALS...gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold
Report (volume)
the Mount Aetna Volcanic Center, Chaffee and Gunnison Counties, Colorado By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN Ill and JANE...the Mount Aetna volcanic center, Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado. Ā· (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin...tuff, etc. -Colorado-Chaffee County. 2. Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Colorado-Gunnison County. 3. Volcanism-Colorado-Chaffee...Volcanism-Colorado-Chaffee County. 4. Volcanism-Colorado-Gunnison County. 5. GeologyColorado-Chaffee County. 6...6. Geology-Colorado-Gunnison County. I. Hammarstrom, Jane Marie. II. Title. Ill. Series. QE75.B9 no.
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEPOSITION IRON MINE, x936 AT THE No. 8 CALUMET COLORADO. ā€¢ CHAS. H. BEHRE, JR., E. F. OSBORN, AND E....the abandoned iron mineat Calumet,ChaffeeCounty,Colorado,offeredan atƟPresented beforethe Geological Societyof...for data; and to Mr. P. J. Schlosser,of Turret, Colorado, for locatingclaimboundariesand furnishingmaps...Hills, was madeavailablethroughthe courtesyof the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. In ā€¢93 ā€¢, Butler and Goddard...is located in T. 5 ā€¢ N., R. 9 E., Chaffee County, central Colorado. Its geographicpositionis shownin
Journal (issue)
on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...finest aquamarine and phenakite from Mt. Antero, Colorado, and their most publicized effort, the mining...museum quality.ā€ (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231ā€“232...and HAWES, W. (1978) Quartz and pyrite from King County, Washington. Mineralogical Record, 9 (6), 352ā€“353
Book (edition)
GUIDE (Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Although Colorado may be most noted for rhodochrosite or amazonite, the many varieties and associations...a k e w o o d , Colorado 80225 DIANNE L. K I L E 333 S a l e m Street Aurora, Colorado 80011 C O L O...and J. A. MurĀ­ phy for an update to Minerals of Colorado: A 100-Year Record (Eckel, 1961). 374 ROCKS... Quartz was a familiar gemstone to many early Colorado residents, as documented by an extensive body...body of literature. The first published list of Colorado mineral localities (inĀ­ cluding quartz) was included
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael...albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo September/October:...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen...Girona specimen, Joan Rosell photo A Acanthite, Colorado, 423 Actinolite, New York, 221, 454 Adularia,...York, 222ā€“24 Alamandine, New York City, New York County, New York State, R. B. Cook, 244ā€“52 Amethyst, South
Journal (issue)
(RMFMS) www.rmfms.org Colorado Federation of Gem & Mineral Societies (CFGMS) Colorado Springs Mineralogical...CSMS Calendar Pg 2 Calumet Iron Mine Pg 3 Colorado Extraterrestrials Pg 6 Pebble Pups Corner Pg...provided by the Fossil Group COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO April 2013 PICK SPRINGS...303-423-5876, bjmelby@q.com. Fri-Sun, April, 19-21, COLORADO MINERAL & FOSSIL SHOW-SPRING, Denver, CO, Martin...Aumente 505-867-0425, mzexpos@gmail.com Sat., May 4, Colorado Mineral Society Mineral Auction, Holy Shepard
Book (edition)
ā€” _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ā–  : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils Americaā€™s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ā˜… COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ā˜… SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THEM I N . Pfcwve-> Abbreviations: xl- -crystal COLORADOā€”An attractive specimen of rose quartz was recently...Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colo." The locality is described in Prof. Richard M. Pearl's "Colorado Gem Trails...this book to 223 pages). Chaffee County is in the central part of Colorado. CONNECTICUTā€”"I am sending...stilbite with colorless calcite xls and green epidote xlsā€”all on dark gray mica schist. Another interesting...astringent metallic taste. Thompson, in N / E Windham County, is in N / E Connecticut. FLORIDAā€”"I am mailing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn University Auburn. Alabama 36849-53115 Epidote Downloaded by [University of West Florida] at 13:20...virtually all mineral collections are members of the epidote and garnet groups, for which many fine localities...of this year's Munich Show, a fine Knappenwand epidote has been chosen as this issue's Connoisseur's Choice...Choice. Most of us were introduced to epidote as a massive or granĀ­ ular mineral characterized by its...darker material is usually near the epidote end member of the epidote-clinozoisite series, but this is not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Baicheng. Diopside from the Handan iron mine, Wuā€™an County, Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, occurs in crystals...cm. Also associated with Alchuri diopside are epidote, actinolite, and zoisite. Diopside has also been...cm. The diopside of Hashupa is associated with epidote, titanite, and the byssolite variety of actinolite...with epidote, schorl, and titanite; the Shuut Nala, Gilgit district, in association with epidote; and...Ocna de Fier-Dognecea district, CarasĢ§-Severin County, Romania, are noted for their andradite specimens;
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special supplement...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Thompson George Witters Martin Zinn III and Colorado in the :Mineralogical Record Supplement to The
Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive Ā„em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =Ā· - Ā·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak...Atlas of Colorado American Gem Trails Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado . Scenery
Catalog/List
iron, manganese and titanium) Bladed in quartz; Colorado . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . 6 Xis, choice blue-gray terminated ; Colorado, 1/e ā€¢ x t ā€¢ to 1 X 2Ā½' at .25, .35, .50 Xled...Rich mass; Colorado, 1 x 2 ', 1 . 00. . . . . ...... . ... . . .163 High Grade; Colorado, 1 x 2 ', .8.... . 155 /11 sandstone, lean commercial grade; Colorado .. . . .. . 90 NO TE: Carnotitc is prohibited...ENARGITE (copper sulfarsenate) Xli11e, rocky; Colorado or Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 17
Report (issue)
deposits of base-metal sulfides and gahnite, Chaffee County, Colorado By Douglas M. Sheridan and William H...standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Denver, Colorado CONTENTS Page Abstract........................Geologic map of the Sedalia mine area, Chaffee County, Colorado.........................................Proterozoic sulfide deposits in the Salida area, Colorado.................................................about 4 mi north-northwest of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, is developed in a Proterozoic zinc-copper
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...iron, manganese and titanium) Bladed in quartz; Colorado ....... ................ .50 .60 .35 .75 ...vanadate) Rich mass; Colorado. About 40% ....... .1 x 2", .75 6.00 3.00 High grade; Colorado ... . .. ........x 2", .25 In sandstone, lean commercial grade; Colorado ...... 1.25 .75 . 35 Note : Carnotite is prohibited... 1.00 ENAR GITE (copper sulfarsenate) Xline ; Colorado or Montana ......................... Xline, Peru
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
 
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