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Sericite from
Butterfly Mountain Area Mica deposit (Enid Station), Butterfly Mountain area, Santa Cruz, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Deposit
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 Butterfly Mountain Area Mica deposit (Enid Station), Butterfly Mountain area, Santa Cruz, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:421943
Long-form Identifier:1:3:421943:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘHightower Mica Mine (Hightower Mica prospect), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘMax Delta Mine, Gila Crossing District, South Mountain (South Mountains; South Mountain Park), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
16.2km (10.0 miles) ⓘSierra Estrella deposit, Seven Mile Mountain, Sierra Estrella Mountains, Gila River Indian Reservation, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘBuckeye Hills Mine (Buckeye Mica Mine; Buckeye Hills Mica Mine), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) ⓘSacaton Mine, Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘSanta Cruz deposit, Casa Grande area, Casa Grande, Casa Grande Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au-Cu prospect (1), Black Mountain area, Table Top Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
63.0km (39.1 miles) ⓘBuckeye Mine (Buckeye Copper Mine), Spring Mountain, Webb Mining District, Gila Bend Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘFlorence project, Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) ⓘPoston Butte deposit (Continental Oil Co. property; Aztec Exploration and Development Co. property; Florence Conoco; Florence Copper Co. property), Florence, Florence Mining District (Blackwater Mining District; Black Rock Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10099395, MRDS ID #TC10722.
 
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