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Epidote from
Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sperrylite11
Quartz11
Chalcopyrite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573669
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573669:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘWisner South Deposit, Wisner Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘPodolsky Mine, Norman Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘAmy Lake zone, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘCapre Lake Mine, Capreol Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘColeman Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘGarson Mine, Garson Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘFraser Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘMcCreedy East Mine, Levack Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘFalconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘDolmac Mine, Rathbun Township, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
References
Economic Geology 103 (2008) 1005-1028.
Kjarsgaard, I. M., & Ames, D. E. (2010, June). Ore mineralogy of Cu-Ni-PGE deposits in the North Range footwall environment, Sudbury, Canada. In 11th international platinum symposium, program abstracts, Ontario Geological Survey, miscellaneous release-data (Vol. 269).
Ames D, Hanley J, Jackson S (2014)Low sulfide high-grade sperrylite-epidote-quartz zone, Sudbury Canada: implications for hydrothermal-magmatic processes. 21 st meeting of the International Mineralogical Association. p 96
Hall, M. F., Lafrance, B., & Gibson, H. L. (2020). Emplacement of sharp-walled sulfide veins during the formation and reactivation of impact-related structures at the Broken Hammer Mine, Sudbury, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57(10), 1149-1166.
 
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