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Sericite from
Dragon Mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa 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 Dragon Mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1512833
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1512833:7
GUID (UUID V4):7cc20fcb-987c-418d-b18d-6c819f6bf8ad
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
8.0km (5.0 miles) Picacho View Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) Abe Lincoln Mine (Cumbac Mine; Andrew Jackson Mine; Tom Jefferson Mine; Copper No. 2 claim; Copper No. 1 Patented claim), Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Gold Bar Mine (O'Brien Mine; Little Jim; Jenny Lynn; Interior Mining and Trust Co. Mine; Homestake; Crown; Black Bear), Amazon Wash, Constellation, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Vulture Mine, Vulture, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) Octave Mine (Joker Mine; Bonanza Mine), Octave, Weaver Mining District (Virginia Mining District; Mocking Bird Mining District), Weaver Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
25.5km (15.9 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
27.0km (16.8 miles) C and W prospect (C and W group of claims; C and W claims), Castle Creek region, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
27.8km (17.2 miles) Jonell prospect (Jonell group), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) Johnson Mine, Yarnell, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
28.8km (17.9 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
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
significant species.The common clay rninerals, sericite, jarosite, alunite, limonite, pyrite, various...halloysite which occurs in the workings of the Dragon Consolidated mine, in the Tintic district near Eureka, Utah...Utah. The writer visited the Dragon Consolidated mine during the summer of 1945 with Mr. Dudley Davis...stage was marked by the formation of hydromica and sericite. Another area of interest from the standpoint...alteration study is the San Manuel district in Arizona. Here a large ore body was found during the war
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the J ackpile deposits to the east; (2) in Arizona, the Orphan deposit lies northwest of the San Francisco...southern margin of the Plateau in New Mexico and Arizona, and a west prong extends northward through Marysvale...the accompanying chemical changes. Caribou Mine, Boulder County, Colorado Among the Front Range veins, the...Seridtization Orthoc1ase, andesine, biotite Sericite Carbonatization Feldspars Replacement by calcite...of the original crystal is preserved. Abundant sericite (25 per cent) forms after orthoclase, and lesser
Report (issue)
Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N...35-03-A wA 113-49-A w W MO 81 PBA CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT...CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N I14-19-18w 09 33-32-154A CUPRITE MINI 175 16E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotopiccompositions of other minerals in thesedeposits,suchas sericite,quartz, K-feldspar, etc. These analysesare appliedto...thesedeepcirwere recorded in quartz, K-feldspar and sericite. culating solutionsthe mineralization and alteration...meltedsnow. In this paper the term quartz,feldspar,sericite,alunite,etc.). The oxygen specifically appliesto...quartz-orthoclase-biotite alteration (2) quartz-sericite alteration closely associated Sample Localities...formations of this are given in Table 3. ! A [] OSWALDO MINE / LEEHILLAREA 1886 // (tactite copper mineralization)
Report (issue)
Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents...Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona..............................................in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pipe, Copper Creek mining district, southeastern Arizona: evidence for a magmatic–hydrothermal origin Eric...The Copper Creek mining district, southeastern Arizona, contains more than 500 mineralized breccia pipes...Granodiorite and 40Ar/39Ar dates on hydrothermal sericite indicate an age of 61.0±0.5 Ma for copper mineralization...Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, USA e-mail: ericanderson@usgs.gov W. W. Atkinson Jr....Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA T. Marsh 10354 East Jan Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85208, USA A. Iriondo Centro de Geociencias
Book (volume)
Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada...Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take, as an example, under the heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization, which is associated with silica–sericite–chlorite–carbonate alteration. Two major styles...Resource Exploration. The property is now owned by the Dragon Mountain Gold Company Ltd. The area includes three...Sericitic-chloritic slate, and meta-quartz sandstone Sericite-chlorite silty slate, silty conformity phyllite...and garnet. Dykes in the Liba goldfield The Liba mine area has been intruded by a series of porphyritic...a milky fine-grained matrix comprising quartz, sericite, and chlorite. The least-altered diorite dykes
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
Journal (issue)
Gold Mines Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex, Kern County, California Allan R. Blaske allan.blaske@gmail...volcanic complex is located in southeastern Kern County, approximately 9 miles southwest of the town of...During the summers of I 987 and I 988 I worked at the mine as a summer student intern while working on my master's...Open-pit and heap leaching methods were used to mine Shumake between 1989 and 1992. The Shumake deposit...quartz veinlets with adularia, and widespread sericite. Massive quartz veins, 2- to 5-meters thick, occurred
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ❖ Volume 51 Number 1 ❖ $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877–1940 .................... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ....................................
Report (issue)
distinguish the Broken Top flow from underlying Blue Dragon Flow (Qcfa2). Unit includes slabs of lava, as much...flow. Cone is 115 m high and 1 km in diameter Blue Dragon pahoehoe and a'a basalt-hawaiite flows (Holocene)...indicate a high-volume, short-duration eruption. Blue Dragon flows lie on top of the Trench Mortar Flat flows...Craters of the Moon National Monument are in the Blue Dragon flow. Mean age of four radiocarbon samples of charcoal...cones were sources for some of the earlier Blue Dragon flows (Qcfa2). Fissures (Qcea3) on north flank
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...May/June: Elbaite on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen...photo. July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff...photo. NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, 320-24 Beryl, California, 175 Beta-uranophane
Book
GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (issue)
Channel of the Gemini Chief mine ............................. . 205 mine·---------------------------------... ·... ·._. ___ . __ _ 182 . Eagle and Blue Bell mine .............. . 207 . Principal features of deposits...sedimentary formations ..... _... . 186 Victoria mine ......................... _.. 210 Gemini and Ridge...•............................ 186 Grand Central mine .................... . 211 Geology.................. ·....... .' .......... : ..... . 213 Mammoth mine. : ................ ·- .... . 214 Ores and minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
series. The AI (eq. 1) quantifies the intensity of sericite (finegrained white mica) and chlorite alteration...Lithological units immediately above C. 2000 mE lls mine lease b 4000 mE Buttle Lake P L-M-P Mbr oundary...Marshall Zone 12 8º k Vancouver Island 5000 mN USA Ridge Zone North B, RZN, MZ RZW Ridge Zone West...Structure True N L-M-P Member Myra An cline D. Mine N VHMS Orebodies Structure Texada Island Nanoose...Bedingfield upli 1-6 1-5 HW, B Price Forma on 0 Dragon Area Myra Forma on Columbia, Canada (Fig. 2A)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3 7 IGRAPHTIC SCHSTS AND PHLLITES IPYRITIC SERICITE SCHIST I QUARTZITES ß I GREENSTONES I•BIOTITE...smalleramountsare found in the green- pyritic sericite schist,and quartzitesare given in stones (aug...Reno mlno,Keno Hill; ' 2 2Z S779 NearMount Reno mine,Reno Hill; S783 S786 NearKello Hill.graphltlc...graphit•c ph?llite andslate S806 Near Klondyke-Keno mine Reno HIll; + I. 11 S807 graphtrio schist andphyllate...t}nn•bedded quartzite. S808 Near Klondyke Reno mine, Keno Hill, 8794 Near Forme prospect Galena Hill
Book
T. Batchelor, a former manager of the Mt. Lyell Mine, Tasmania. The nnineral resembles pyrophyllite,...for a clay mineral first found as gouge clay in a mine mineral was first called leverrierite by Earson...(1907) A sketch of the Chisos Country, Brewster County, Texas, Univ. , . , Texas Bull. 93. BERGSEIFE...Pellet phosphorite from Carmel valley, Monterey County, California California Journal of Mines and Geology...into formis which are fine, scaly or fibrous, as sericite, and finally into a compact crypto-crystalline
Report (issue)
Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ................district .......................................... Arizona ....................................................................................... Getchell mine area (Potosi district) ................ Gilbert........................................... Howell mine area ...................................................................................... 38. Arizona ..............................................
Journal (issue)
Garnet Deposits − Demantoid Variety 48 Green Dragon Mine − Demantoid from Namibia Branding Signature...Did You Say PRECIOUS? President Benjamin Hackman, USA Vice Presidents Damien Cody, Australia, Santpal Sinchawla...Marcelo Ribeiro, Brazil Secretaries Bruce Bridges, USA Ehud Harel, Israel Philippe Scordia, France E. Gamini...31 W. 47th Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10036 USA ica@gemstone.org T: 1.212.620.0900 F: 1.212.352.9054...featured in the picture above did not come from a mine or a river. Rather, they were produced by a special
Book (volume)
(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934)...Utah Hav T. Morris 2: Mountain City Copper Mine, Elko County, Nevada RoBERT R. Coats F. KERR EDWARD...JOHN G. SIMOS Breccia Structures in the Ontario Mine, Park City District, Utah W. J. GARMOE 54. The...Utah DANIEL Part IX. ARIZONA AND ADJACENT R. SHAWE AREAS 56. Arizona and Adjacent New Mexico...Geology of the Christmas Mine and Vicinity, Banner Mining District, 1163 Ligt Arizona JOHN T. EASTLICK
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 f ineralosical ogi ecorcT t May-June...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions • Individuals...second class postage (USPS-887-700) Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ....................................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and
 
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