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Sericite from
Jinduicheng Mine, Huazhou District, Weinan, Shaanxi, China


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 Jinduicheng Mine, Huazhou District, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:478640
Long-form Identifier:1:3:478640:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
6.5km (4.1 miles) ⓘShijiawan Mo deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
6.7km (4.1 miles) ⓘBalipo Mo deposit, Huazhou District, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘHuanglongpu Mo-(Pb) deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
18.4km (11.5 miles) ⓘHuayangchuan U-Nb-Pb deposit, Huayin City, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
18.4km (11.5 miles) ⓘHulugou Au deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘLianzigou Au deposit, Luonan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘQingyangou Ni-Mo deposit, Shangzhou District, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China
31.0km (19.3 miles) ⓘTongguan Mine, Tongguan County, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘTongyu Mine (Tongyu I deposit), Tongyu gold field, Tongguan County, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
35.5km (22.0 miles) ⓘDongtongyu Mine (Tongyu II deposit), Tongyu gold field, Tongguan County, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
References
Dianhao Huang, Chengyu Wu, and Fengjun Nie (1987): Mineral Deposits 6(3), 22-34
Minzhi Yang (2006): Contributions to Geology and Mineral Resources Research 21(1), 1-9
Bo Guo, Laimin Zhu, Ben Li, Jiang Xu, Jianqi Wang, and Hujun Gong (2009): Mineral Deposits 28(3), 265-281
Ge, Xiaoyu; Yang, Fan; Qin, Zhenyu; Bagas, Leon; Li, Hongying; Ren, Weidong; Xu, Feifan (2025) Hydrothermal muscovite geochemistry unravelling the ore-forming process of the Jinduicheng porphyry Mo deposit, East Qinling, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 179. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106538
 
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