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Sericite from
Picacho View Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as almond-shaped masses of very fine-grained material.
Colour:Yellow to yellowish-green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Picacho View Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:246754
Long-form Identifier:1:3:246754:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘDragon Mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘAbe Lincoln Mine (Cumbac Mine; Andrew Jackson Mine; Tom Jefferson Mine; Copper No. 2 claim; Copper No. 1 Patented claim), Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘGold Bar Mine, Amazon Wash, Constellation, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘC and W prospect (C and W group of claims; C and W claims), Castle Creek region, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘJonell prospect (Jonell group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘOctave Mine (Joker Mine; Bonanza Mine), Octave, Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘBee Hive Mine (Beehive Gold Mine; Bee Hive property; Ziegler property; Peterson group claims), Octave, Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘPero Bonito Mine (El Pero Bonito Mine; Mountain Chief Mine), Columbia, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.8km (16.1 miles) ⓘGolconda Mine (Golconda claim), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘGolden Central Mine (Gold Central Mine), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Jahns, R.H. (1952), Pegmatite deposits of the White Picacho District, Maricopa and Yavapai Cos., AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 162: 79.
 
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