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Sericite from
Barite Hill Mine, McCormick, McCormick County, South Carolina, 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 Barite Hill Mine, McCormick, McCormick County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:337170
Long-form Identifier:1:3:337170:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘDorn Gold Mine, McCormick, McCormick County, South Carolina, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘClaude Rhodes property, Kenna, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘGraves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘMagruder Mine, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘM. G. and J. J. Dorn property, Metasville, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) ⓘColumbia Mine (Fluker Mine), Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘMorgan Mine (Arnold Prospect), Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
88.6km (55.1 miles) ⓘLon Allen Mine (Wood Mine; Gully Mine), Hart County, Georgia, USA
References
Seal II, Robert R., Ayuso, Robert A., Foley, Nora K., Clark, Sandra H. B. (2001) Sulfur and lead isotope geochemistry of hypogene mineralization at the Barite Hill Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, southeastern United States: a window into and through regional metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 36 (2) 137-148 doi:10.1007/s001260050294
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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