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Sericite from
April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Hill
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 April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:657955
Long-form Identifier:1:3:657955:5
GUID (UUID V4):d5c64b5e-78a4-4df9-aa75-744bac1a361e
Localities for Sericite in this Region
April Fool Mine, April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
0.5km (0.3 miles) β“˜April Fool Mine, April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) β“˜Amalgamated Mine, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) β“˜Union Amalgamated Mine (Amalgamated Mine; Union No. 2 Mine; Earle Mine; Earl Mine), Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) β“˜Earle Mine (Union No. 2), Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) β“˜White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) β“˜Round Mountain Mine (Sunnyside Mine), Round Mountain, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
25.8km (16.1 miles) β“˜Gold Hill Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) β“˜Corcoran Canyon Project, Nye County, Nevada, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) β“˜Hall Molybdenum Mine (Hall's Mine; Anaconda Mine; Liberty Mine; Cyprus Tonopah Mine; Tonopah Copper Mine), San Antone Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) β“˜Prince Albert Group (NBMG Sample Site 2396), Cloverdale Mining District, Toiyabe Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (volume)
723 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT NEVADA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...rocks___________r_________________________ Gold Hill formation______________1 _____________ Ordovician...Ordovician rocks________________'. __________________ Toquima formation__________________________ Permian (?)...105 1 Stibnite_____________________________, 106 Sericite and leverrierite___________-_______ 107 Barit...Tertiary rocks________ _____ __ 114 Ores in the Gold Hill formation_________________ 114 Limestone ores __
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RoundMountain and ManhattanGold Districts,Nye County, Nevada D. R. SHAWE, R. F. MARVIN, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...quartzveins80 m.y. ago.The graniteof Pipe Spring,southof Manhattan,wasemplacedprobablyat about80 m.y. ago. Mineralization...RoundMountainoccurredat about25 m.y. ago.Goldmineralization at Manhattan tookplace16 m.y. ago. The isotopicdataallowinterpretationof...Round Mountain and Manhattan 7%-minute quadrangles, southernToquimaRange,Nye County,Nevada(Figs. 1, 2, and3)...Round Mountain and the Belmont, and one south of Manhattan,called the graniteof Pipe Spring.The PipeSpringplutonandthe
Report (volume)
AND FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT G. H. GARREY AND W. H. EMMONS WASHINGTON..................................... Gold field district............................................................................................... Mining development....................................... 20 22 22 22 25 25 28 34 37 38 39 Bullfrog district.............. .............................................................. Situation of the district .............................................
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assessments _____________________ Geologic studies of mining districts and mineralbearing regions _________________...Phosphate investigation ____________ Novaculite in Nevada ________________ Mineral-fuel investigations _______________...Tectonic and geophysical studies __________ Basin and Range region ______________________ Mineral-resource studies...___-_β€”β€”-β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Idaho ______________________ Nevada _____________________ Oregon ________________β€”β€”β€”___...Reclamation ____________________ Impact of surface mining _____________ Cooperative projects with States
 
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