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Sericite from
Tereoba Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Havran District, Balikesir Province, Turkey


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 Tereoba Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Havran District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:942155
Long-form Identifier:1:3:942155:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘHalılar Cu-Pb (±Zn) mineralization, Havran District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
39.5km (24.6 miles) ⓘTurkali pluton, İvrindi District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘHalilaga prospect, Çan District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘÇatalçam Zn-Pb-Au prospect, Soma District, Manisa Province, Turkey
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘArapuçan deposit (Arapuçandere deposit; Kor Maden), Yenice District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
45.6km (28.4 miles) ⓘYayladalı deposit, Soma District, Manisa Province, Turkey
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘZone C, Arıklı, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘZone A, Arıklı, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘKirazlı, Çanakkale, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘDikmen porphyry Au–Mo–Cu mineralization, Biga District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
References
Yigit, Ozcan (2012) A prospective sector in the Tethyan Metallogenic Belt: Geology and geochronology of mineral deposits in the Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey. Ore Geology Reviews, 46. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.09.015
Yahya Çiftçi, M. Kemal Revan, Pınar Şen & Okan Zimitoğlu (2013). International Workshop on Base and Precious Metals May 20 - 27, 2013 Field Trip Guide Book May 24-27, 2013.
Abdelnasser, Amr; Kumral, Mustafa; Zoheir, Basem; Yilmaz, Huseyin (2022) Evolution of the Tepeoba porphyry-skarn Cu-Mo-Au deposit, NW Turkey: New mineralogical and geochemical findings. Ore Geology Reviews, 147. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104967
 
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