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Sericite from
Alvarado Mine (Planet Saturn Mine; Liberty Hills Gold Mine), Fool's Gulch, Congress Junction, Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, 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 Alvarado Mine (Planet Saturn Mine; Liberty Hills Gold Mine), Fool's Gulch, Congress Junction, Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:455267
Long-form Identifier:1:3:455267:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘYarnell Mine, Yarnell, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘDixie Mine, Rincon Mine (Welcome No. 1 claim; Welcome Patented claim 1971; Pan American; New York Patented claim; Marcus claim; Dixie No. 2 Patented claim), Yarnell, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘWelcome Mine, Rincon Mine (Welcome No. 1 claim; Welcome Patented claim 1971; Pan American; New York Patented claim; Marcus claim; Dixie No. 2 Patented claim), Yarnell, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘJohnson Mine, Yarnell, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘOctave Mine (Joker Mine; Bonanza Mine), Octave, Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
9.9km (6.1 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
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘCuba Mine (Rooney Mine; Independence claim; Cuba prospect), Weaver Peak, Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘVictory Copper Mine (Victory Mine; Victory group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘZonia Mine (Zonia group; Fairplay Mine; Defiance Mine; Cuprite Mine; Zonia McMahon Mine), Peeples Valley, Walnut Grove Mining District (Wagoner Mining District), Antelope Mountains (Antelope Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘGold Bar Mine, Amazon Wash, Constellation, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10109847, MRDS ID #M800213.
 
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