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Sericite from
Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, 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 Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:568476
Long-form Identifier:1:3:568476:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
40.9km (25.4 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 1491, Farrell Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘAlaska Canyon Prospect, Jackson Mountains Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
45.6km (28.3 miles) ⓘWihuja Mine, Seven Troughs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘLakeview mine, Imlay Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Andalusite occurrence [1], Blue Wing Mining District, Blue Wing Mountains, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘPanther Canyon Tungsten Prospect (Echo; NBMG Sample Site 2567; J. K. Claims), Rye Patch Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
65.3km (40.6 miles) ⓘMarigold mine, Buena Vista Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
69.8km (43.3 miles) ⓘAuburn Mine, Sierra Mining District, East Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
70.1km (43.5 miles) ⓘVelvet gold mines, Velvet Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
71.8km (44.6 miles) ⓘChampion Mine (Champion Sillimanite Co. Quarry), Sacramento Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
RYE, R. O.
Ebert, Shane W., Rye, Robert O. (1997) Secondary precious metal enrichment by steam-heated fluids in the Crofoot-Lewis hot spring gold-silver deposit and relation to paleoclimate. Economic Geology, 92 (5) 578-600 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.578
Alpers, C. N. (1997) The stable isotope geochemistry of jarosite. USGS Open-File Report: 97-88
 
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