Locality type:

Prospect

Classification

Species:

Muscovite var: Sericite

Formula:

KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Yonki, Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1310650

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1310650:8

GUID (UUID V4):

dc34b8da-119a-406c-b6b3-60e6f0d76a84

Nearest other occurrences of Sericite

13.1km (8.1 miles)

ⓘ Kainantu Mine (Bilimoia Au-Bi-W-Te deposit), Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

20.4km (12.7 miles)

ⓘ Mount Victor, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

70.8km (44.0 miles)

ⓘ Wamum prospect, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

93.6km (58.1 miles)

ⓘ Wafi River Cu-Au deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

99.4km (61.8 miles)

ⓘ Yanderra deposit (Yandera prospect), Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

References

Seccombe, Philip & Downes, Peter & Ashley, Paul & Brathwaite, Robert & R Green, Geoffrey & Murray, C.G. & Rubenach, Michael. (2005). World Skarn Deposits: Skarns of the Southwest Pacific. in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	Espi, Joseph Onglo, Hayashi, Ken-Ichiro, Komuro, Kosei, Murakami, Hiroyasu, Kajiwara, Yoshimichi (2007) Geology, Wall-rock Alteration and Vein Paragenesis of the Bilimoia Gold Deposit, Kainantu Metallogenic Region, Papua New Guinea. Resource Geology, 57 (3) 249-268 doi:10.1111/j.1751-3928.2007.00021.x	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	the Bilimoia Gold Deposit, Kainantu Metallogenic Region, Papua New Guinea Joseph Onglo Espi1, Ken-Ichiro...g/t Au), located in the eastern Central Mobile Belt of mainland Papua New Guinea, is composed of fault-hosted...local quartz–illite–pyrite alteration; (3) quartz–sericite–mariposite–fuchsite– pyrite wall-rock alteration...intrusion-related gold, Kainantu, orogenic gold. 1. Introduction The Kainantu–Goroka Goldfield (Fig.... 1) is located in the eastern Central Mobile Belt of mainland Papua New Guinea (PNG). Gold was first
	*Gorsel, J. T. van (2020) Bibliography of the Geology of Indonesia and Surrounding Areas* (7th ed.)**	Book (edition)
	...................... 1507 VIII. WEST PAPUA (WEST NEW GUINEA)............................................................ 1516 VIII.1. New Guinea General and West Papua ..................................................... 2127 IX.10. SW Pacific (incl. New Caledonia)............................................................. 2140 IX.11. Papua New Guinea (East New Guinea main island) .................................................... 2210 IX.12. Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Sea, Solomon Sea, Woodlark Basin)

Sericite from Yonki, Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Sericite from
Yonki, Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea