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Sericite from
Baiyun Au deposit (Baiyunshan Au deposit), Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China


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 Baiyun Au deposit (Baiyunshan Au deposit), Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:454304
Long-form Identifier:1:3:454304:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Sericite in this Region
Erdaogou Pb-Zn deposit, Baiyun Au deposit (Baiyunshan Au deposit), Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘLijiapuzi Au deposit, Benxi, Liaoning, China
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘErdaogou Pb-Zn deposit, Baiyun Au deposit (Baiyunshan Au deposit), Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘWandigou Au deposit, Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘZhenzigou Pb-Zn deposit, Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘXiaotongjiabuzi Au deposit (Xiaotongjiapuzi Au deposit; Xiaotongjiabaozi Au deposit), Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘXiquegou Pb-Zn deposit (Xiquigou Pb-Zn deposit), Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘNanshan Pb-Zn deposit, Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘWujiapu Mo deposit (Wujiabao Mo deposit), Benxi Co., Benxi, Liaoning, China
36.1km (22.5 miles) ⓘGongchangling No. 2 Mine, Gongchangling Fe deposit, Gongchangling District, Liaoyang, Liaoning, China
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘYangshuqu Au-Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Qingchengzi ore field, Fengcheng City, Dandong, Liaoning, China
References
Guoping Liu and Yongfu Ai (1999): Mineral Deposits 18(3), 219-225, 290
Yanan Zhang and Fuqiang Yao (2013): Northwestern Geology 46(3), 122-128
Li, Chang-Ping, Jun-Feng Shen, Sheng-Rong Li, Yuan Liu, and Fu-Xing Liu. (2019) "In–Situ LA-ICP-MS Trace Elements Analysis of Pyrite and the Physicochemical Conditions of Telluride Formation at the Baiyun Gold Deposit, North East China: Implications for Gold Distribution and Deposition" Minerals 9, no. 2: 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9020129
Lin, Chenggui, Yao, Xiaofeng, Mao, Jingwen, Yan, Tingjie, Cheng, Zhizhong, Mi, Kuifeng, Jia, Hongxiang, Lin, Lujun (2023) Source of Ore-Forming Fluid and Material in the Baiyun Gold Deposit, Liaoning Province, NE China: Constraints from H-O-S-Pb Isotopes and in-situ Analyses of Au-Bearing Pyrites. Journal of Earth Science, 34 (1) 1-19 doi:10.1007/s12583-021-1420-4
Song, Weifang, Liu, Jianzhong, Zou, Yuanbing, Liu, Xingping, Long, Taocheng, Zhu, Jiandong, Fu, Shengbo, Chen, Song, Xiong, Yangfu, Zhou, Runjie, You, Jingjing, Zhou, Xinqi, Yang, Zaixi, Fang, Jie (2024) Genesis of the Baiyun Gold Deposit in Northeast Hubei Province, China: Insights from In Situ Trace Elements and S-Fe Isotopes of Sulfide. Minerals, 14 (5) doi:10.3390/min14050517
Cui, Qing-Yi, Li, Jian, Cai, Wen-Yan, Shi, Hong-Jiang, Xu, Kai-Lei, Liu, Pengfei, Zhang, Chao, Lei, Ming, Bian, Xu-Yan (2024) Episodic fluid pulses in the Baiyun gold deposit, Liaodong Peninsula, Eastern China: Insights from in-situ trace elements, sulfur isotopes, and texture characteristics of pyrite. Ore Geology Reviews, 174. 106313 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106313
Cai, Zhe-Xin; Yu, Hao-Cheng; Bao, Hai-Zhong; Bader, Thomas; Cui, Tao; Li, Ya-Peng; Feng, Zong-Yi; Li, Shan-Shan; Ju, Nan; Goryachev, Nikolai A.; et al. (2026) Geochronology constrains Early Cretaceous gold mineralization in the Baiyun gold deposit, Liaodong Peninsula. Ore Geology Reviews, 190. 107172 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107172
Lin, Chenggui; Mao, Jingwen; Lv, Zhicheng; Chen, Xin; Yan, Tingjie; Cheng, Zhizhong; Pang, Zhenshan; Xue, Jianling (2026) Contribution from Subducted Continental Materials to Ultrapotassic Lamprophyre Dykes Associated with Gold Mineralization in the Baiyun Area, Liaodong Peninsula, NE China. Minerals, 16 (1). doi:10.3390/min16010096
 
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