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Sericite from
Last Chance Mine, Last Chance-Copper Coin Mine group (Smith Mine), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Copper Mountains, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Last Chance Mine, Last Chance-Copper Coin Mine group (Smith Mine), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Copper Mountains, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:172244
Long-form Identifier:1:3:172244:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘCopper Coin Mine, Last Chance-Copper Coin Mine group (Smith Mine), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Copper Mountains, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘBetty Lee Mine (Betty Lee group; Arizona Consolidated), Frisco-Betty Lee-Ella J. Mine group, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Copper Mountains, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Cu-Au prospect, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Ag-Cu-Au prospect, Cabeza Prieta Game Range, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘDouble Eagle Mine (Gold Leaf Mine), Coyote Wash, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Wellton Hills, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
11.8km (7.4 miles) ⓘMcMahan prospect, Coyote Wash, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘDonaldson Mine (Donaldson prospect), Wellton, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘShirley May prospect (Shirley Mae prospect), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘWelltonia prospect, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘNorthern prospect, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson,E.D. (1933): 167
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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