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Sericite from
Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


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 Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:618853
Long-form Identifier:1:3:618853:5
GUID (UUID V4):fb0175b4-b08d-4969-9523-2b3261ab37ad
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘLa Mariquita Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘManzanal Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘLine Boy Mine, Line property, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘBenton Mine (Benton property), San Antonio Canyon, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
37.6km (23.4 miles) ⓘReef Mine, Carr Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect, Brown Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
42.6km (26.4 miles) ⓘPhoenix Mine (Hay property), Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘMowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles) ⓘRed Mountain Mine (Red Mountain claims), Guajolote Flat, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
46.1km (28.7 miles) ⓘBender Mine (Fernando Mine; Mina Prieta group; Black Eagle Mine; San Fernando Mine; Colossa), American Peak, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
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mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea...mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea...mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea...Nacional AutĂłnoma de Mexico. L.D. Colosio y Madrid S/N, Col. Los Arcos, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83240 MĂ©xico. ...y Naturales, Universidad de Sonora, Rosales y Encinas, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000 MĂ©xico. MA (3) Geosciences
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Number 5 The JllilpillaB Jlline Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico .............................................with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International specimen;...the mines and minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...specimens; they visited Milpillas and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently
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mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico Martı́n Valencia-Moreno, Antoni Camprubı́, Lucas...mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico SC RI MartĂ­n Valencia-Morenoa*, Antoni CamprubĂ­b...Colosio y Madrid S/N, A.P. 1039, 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora (MĂ©xico) Instituto de GeologĂ­a, Universidad Nacional...(MĂ©xico) Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Sonora. Luis Donaldo Colosio y Madrid s/n, 83000 GEO
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Cretaceous porphyry copper mineralization in Sonora, Mexico: Implications for the evolution of the Southwest...Abstract Two porphyry Cu-Mo prospects in northern Sonora, Mexico (Fortuna del Cobre and Los Humos) located within...North America province (Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico) represents the second largest porphyry...throughout Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the USA and Sonora and Sinaloa in Mexico (Luyendyk 1970; Barton...occurrences between 30–31° N latitude in Northern Mexico. Additionally, we propose a metallogenic tectonic
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of the nonexistent In 1975, the Santo Niño and Santa Elena veins were argentite. Acanthite formed as...Juan de Rayas in Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated...and east of Schlema, 2014 Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens
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porphyry copper mineralization in south central Sonora, Mexico L.H. Ochoa-LandĂ­n a,⁎, M. Valencia-Moreno b...Naturales, Universidad de Sonora, Blvd. Rosales y L. Encinas, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, MĂ©xico EstaciĂłn...Hermosillo, Sonora 83240, MĂ©xico GEO Digital Imaging de MĂ©xico, S.A. de C.V., Hermosillo, Sonora, MĂ©xico...Keywords: Suaqui Verde Porphyry copper deposit Sonora Laramide magmatic arc a b s t r a c t The Suaqui...east-central Sonora, northwestern Mexico. The largest and better-known deposits occur in northern Sonora, whereas
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Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite...Departmento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico JOHN T. CHESLEY, AND LUKAS ZURCHER Department...porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits from northern Mexico constrain the timing of mineralization and the... the Maria deposit (60 Ma), the current Cananea mine, and La Colorada breccia (~59 Ma). The age of mineralization...southernmost porphyry copper prospect in western Mexico, was emplaced at 54 Ma. The La Caridad deposit
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that intruded metasedimentary units of the Piedra Santa Complex. Five new Re–Os molybdenite ages from four...e., quartz–molybdenite, quartz–sericite–molybdenite and quartz–sericite–molybdenite ± chalcopyrite– pyrite)... whereas Ugalde and Vivallo (1996) reported a sericite K–Ar age of 295±7 Ma. Because of its high rhenium...Paleozoic Piedra Santa Complex (Digregorio and Uliana 1980; Franzese 1995). The Piedra Santa Complex is intruded...biotite with subordinate K-feldspar, quartz, minor sericite, and disseminated pyrite, chalcopyrite, and traces
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Caborca Orogenic Gold Belt in Northwestern Mexico* Aldo Izaguirre,1,2,† Alexander Iriondo,1 Michael...Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, 76230, QuerĂ©taro, Mexico 2 Universidad AutĂłnoma de Ciudad JuĂĄrez, Departamento... del Charro 450, 32310, Cd. JuĂĄrez, Chihuahua, Mexico 3 U.S. 4 Department 5 Department Geological Survey...gold-bearing quartz veins and extends from northwestern Mexico into the southwestern United States. The Caborca...affected the Cordillera forearc region in northwestern Mexico as a response to the flat subduction and the eastward
Journal (issue)
many exceptional pockets have been discovered. The mine is renowned for the diversity of colors and habits...One of the most remarkable pockets found at the mine was the Afghan Pocket, collected in 2001; it did...cm” Continued on page 6 Pederneira Mine (Brazil) The Pederneira Mine is one of the most important sources...crystals on matrix are the signature specimens for this mine. Associated Photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Topaz...find: J. Elliot photo. Gypsum; 10 cm; Naica, Mexico. K. & C. Graeber specimen. J. Scovil photo. A
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Through the process known as acid rock drainage (or mine drainage), the oxidative dissolution is in this...complex outer layer of of sulfides from ores and from mine wastes can release air, water, biota, organic matter...supergene oxidation and leaching of ore deposits and mine wastes. They have a profound effect on high pressures...geochronologic studies. For overall viability of the mine. This has been the case since example, one could...metals is exemplified by the Santa Rita (Chino) porphyry Cu deposit in New Mexico (USA). In most porphyry
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alteration in which sericite is replaced by kaolin group clays. The quartz-sericite-pyrite zone is superimposed...approximately 1.5 km south-southeast of shaft 9 of the Magma mine and 120 km north of the city of Tucson, Arizona...province in which the last major copper find (Santa Cruz; Kreis, 1995) occurred more than 20 yr ago (cf...Kelvin Dos Sacaton Christmas Pobres Lone Star Santa Cruz Poston Butte Copper Creek San Manuel Vekol Sanchez.../ Esperanza ICO Red Mountain Bisbee Patagonia Milpillas Mariquita El AlacrĂĄn La Caridad Florida / BarrigĂłn
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Eocene-Oligocene Ag/Au deposit in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico Paula Montoya-Lopera, Gilles Levresse, Luca Ferrari...Eocene-Oligocene Ag/Au deposit in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10...Ag/Au deposit in 3 the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. 4 5 Paula Montoya-Lopera1, Gilles Levresse1*...76230, Querétaro, Qro, Mexico de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Campus Juriquilla...Juriquilla, 10 2 11 Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico. 12 3First Laboratorio Interinstitucional de Geocronología
Report (issue)
of the Questa porphyry molybdenum deposit in New Mexico suggests that the ore fluid was probably derived...2007). Phyllically altered rocks typically contain sericite, which is composed of muscovite that has a strong...(1968) found that the pyrite content at Santa Rita, New Mexico, increases from irregular zones with <1...pyrite, pyrite, and galena + sphalerite. As at Santa Rita, at Bingham the inner zone has little pyrite...minerals are quartz, K-feldspar, biotite, muscovite (sericite), magnetite, chlorite, anhydrite, and epidote
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...............363 by C. J. Stefano The Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province, Iran..........species hauckite (type locality: the Sterling Hill mine) was named in his honor in 1980, in recognition...Robert (left) and Richard Hauck in the Sterling mine (2008). J.R. Glover photo. American Mineral Heritage...brothers, goes back to the closing of the famous mine in 1986, and the resulting auction of the property...their family farm and purchased the Sterling Hill mine and its various above-ground facilities for $750
Report (issue)
Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez.... . 183 J.L. Macías Major Faults 7. The Mojave-Sonora megashear: The hypothesis, the controversy, and...major faults. Included are papers about the Mojave-Sonora megashear (Molina-Garza and Iriondo), the San Marcos...the Taxco–San Miguel Allende system or the Mojave-Sonora megashear. The papers of this Centenary volume...The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time: Geological
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extracted from Cerro Colorado, an 73 active PCD mine site that lies at the northern end of the Paleocene–early...Charrier et al., 2007). The 75 cores supplied by the mine site sample all the main rock types of this 76...Colorado Area 82 The BHP Billiton Cerro Colorado Mine is located about 120 km to 83 the northeast of...understanding the geological setting of the Cerro Colorado mine was 86 established by Bouzari & Clark (2002, 2006)...surface geology and a series of cores through the mine site, and the 88 following summary is mainly based
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Nacional Autonoma Apartado Postal 1039 Hermosillo, Sonora MĂ©xico 204 1991 © 1991 The Geological Society...bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8137-2254-3 1. Geology—Mexico—Sonora (State) I. PĂ©rez Segura, EfrĂ©n. II. Jacques-Ayala...of the Basin and Range Province in eastcentral Sonora. Locally, these deposits are covered by Quaternary...shallow-marine rift-basin deposits of northwestern Mexico .... 1.0... eens John H. Stewart and Jaime Roldan-Quintana...Depositional environment, petrology, and provenance of the Santa Clara Formation, Upper Triassic Barranca Group,
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Geologic Reconnaissance in the Eastern Cordillera of Mexico Charles Laurence Baker THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...document of early geological investigations in Mexico. We are grateful to the many friends of Dr. Baker...under his direction in the Eastern Cordillera of Mexico. Professor L. B. Kellum kindly reorganized the...Sierra Hermosa de Santa Rosa, Coahuila.14 Mountain ranges north of Sierra Hermosa de Santa Rosa and southeast...Mountain ranges south and west of Sierra Hermosa de Santa Rosa.16 Mountains south of Sierra del Carmen and
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anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...would like to thank the director of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum who allowed me to travel extensively
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- " ; ‱ \c.‱:~o,°\ Co10..(o· . rov~oca, ‱ ‱ Cruz Solono ""' ., P u ,<10 "'----.... ~ S"''"‱~ F'roril... "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ MEXICO r - ·‹-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < ‱‱ ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO ‱ ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i
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Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico .................................... .401 by J...mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico ................................mineral localities: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico .................................................Ferry ~alace of Jlline_s The Palace of Mines in Mexico City .................................... .497...Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection; Jesse Fisher
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occur mostly in the cement, include mainly quartz, sericite and chlorite, and minor carbonate (Fig. 5k–l)...zoning in the altered monzogranite, with silicic–sericite alterations close to the orebodies (Fig. 5l),...locally overprinted by a more distal kaolinite–sericite alteration zone, and surrounded by an outermost...(Fig. 4h). The gangue minerals include quartz, sericite, K-feldspar, chlorite, and epidote. There is an...K-feldspar alteration overlying silicic (at the base), sericite (in the middle part), and propylite alterations
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reconnaissance in northern Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico ROBERT E. KING Geological Society of America Bulletin...RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL OF MEXICO BY ROBERT E . K IN G CONTENTS Introduction............................................ Central Sonora................................................................... Early Cretaceous of northern Sonora................................................................. Cretaceous of northeastern Sonora and southeastern Arizona.................. Paleogeographic
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M. Gressm an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic...COVER: METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's...west of the Mackenzie River Delta. The Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island was another prolific locality pioneered...Nanisivik mine, at Rapid Creek in the Yukon, at the El Bonanza mine, at the Society Girl mine, and at Emerald
 
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