| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Muscovite var: Sericite |
| Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Pyrite | ⓘ2 photos of Sericite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Molybdenite | ⓘ2 photos of Sericite associated with Molybdenite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sericite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ortiz Project, Golden, Old Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 229460 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:229460:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | df45cdcb-0455-49bc-8d59-7bd0babc74d3 |
| Localities for Sericite in this Region |
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| Ortiz Open Pit Mine, Ortiz Project, Golden, Old Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sericite |
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| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘCunningham mine, Old Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘOrtiz Open Pit Mine, Ortiz Project, Golden, Old Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| 3.9km (2.5 miles) | ⓘCarache Canyon breccia, Old Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| 15.0km (9.3 miles) | ⓘCash Entry mine, Cerrillos District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| 15.1km (9.4 miles) | ⓘGrand Central Mine, Cerrillos District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| 34.5km (21.5 miles) | ⓘJuan Tabo area, Placitas Mining District, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA |
| 37.9km (23.6 miles) | ⓘEl Cuervo Butte, El Cuervo Butte Mining District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| 63.3km (39.4 miles) | ⓘPecos Mine (Hamilton Mine; Cowles Mine), Willow Creek District, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA |
| 66.9km (41.5 miles) | ⓘOld Priest mine, Tecolote District, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA |
| 77.6km (48.2 miles) | ⓘCerro Colorado, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ORTIZ MINE GRANT, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Open-file Report 560 By Stephen...Albuquerque, NM 87104 New Mexico Bureau Geology & Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining &...& Technology Socorro, New Mexico 87801 March 2014 ABSTRACT The Ortiz Mine Grant, as defined by a patent...10 mi tract centered on the old Ortiz Mine in the eastern part of the Ortiz Mountain range in the southwestern...southwestern part of Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The Ortiz Mountains, physiographically and geologically |  | Wilkinson, W., Wendt, C., Wilkins, J., Haxel, G. (1986, March) Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the southwest, Field Trip Guidebook 3 - Precious metal mineralization, stratigraphy, and tectonics in southeastern California - Part B. Guidebook. Arizona Geological Society | Report (issue) | | trips to recent precious-metal discoveries, areas of new and developing stratigraphic and structure concepts...Gunnery Range and the Silver mining district. Peter H. Dahms, New Jersey Zinc Co., Tucson Peter G. Dunn...Reynolds, University of Arizona, Tucson John E. Teet, New Jersey Zinc Co., Tucson TUCSON TO YUMA VIA INTERSTATES...Oracle Granite and the light layers are SO m. y. -old granite sills intruded at the close of the Laramide...1.9 m.y.-old andesite, and Safford Peak, the highest point, is made of a 25.1 ± 0.9 m.y.-old dacite intrusion |
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Ortiz Project, Golden, Old Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA