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Sericite from
Tillie Starbuck Mine, Slate Creek Canyon, Mount Tritle, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai 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 Tillie Starbuck Mine, Slate Creek Canyon, Mount Tritle, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:257167
Long-form Identifier:1:3:257167:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘDavis Mine, Slate Creek, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘCash Mine (Senator-Cash Mine; Patented claims 1459 & 410), Mount Union Pass, Hassayampa Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘMoney Metals Mine (Snow Drift Mine; Snowdrift Mine), Poland, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘOro Flame Mine (Oro Flame property; American Eagle Mine; Mormon Patent; Old Ohio Patent MS 2025; Gold Bug Mine; Sterling property; Mescal claim; American Eagle Patent; Oro Grand Patent MS 2024), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘNew Strike Mine (New Strike prospect; Berberich Mine; New Strike 1-7 MS 4593 claims), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘButternut Mine (Claims MS 1434 and 3768; Good Luck group), Big Bug, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘLoma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin group [in part]), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘMcCabe-Gladstone Mine (McCabe Mine; Gladstone Mine; Monopolist claim; Sink To Rise claim; Gladstone claim), Silver Belt-McCabe vein, Galena Gulch area, McCabe, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘCopper Hill Mine (Copper Hill group; Patented claims MS 4452), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Lindgren, W. (1926), USGS Bull. 782: 119-120.
Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), Arizona lode gold mines and gold mining, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 45-46
 
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