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Sericite from
Wagner Mine (Wagner group of claims; Wagner Tungsten group; Pinto Tungsten Mine; Pinto Mining Co. claims; Friend in Need vein; Red Bird claims), Pinto Creek, Granite Mountain area, Gila 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 Wagner Mine (Wagner group of claims; Wagner Tungsten group; Pinto Tungsten Mine; Pinto Mining Co. claims; Friend in Need vein; Red Bird claims), Pinto Creek, Granite Mountain area, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:194552
Long-form Identifier:1:3:194552:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome deposit; Pinto Valley deposit), Castle Dome area (Castle Dome Mine area; Pinto Valley Mine area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘCopper Cities Mine, Copper Cities Mine area, Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘLive Oak pit, Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘCactus property, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘInspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘ64 group (Sixty-Four group), Powers Gulch, Gila County, Arizona, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘMiami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘMiami East Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘApache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Mine, Buffalo Hill, Old Dominion vein system, Globe, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson, E.D. (1941), Tungsten deposits of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 148: 29-30.
 
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