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Sericite from
Granny Smith Gold Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


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 Granny Smith Gold Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:545889
Long-form Identifier:1:3:545889:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘWallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘSickle Gold Mine, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘJupiter Gold Mine (Doublejay; Joanne; Jenny), Mount Margaret Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘSunrise Dam Gold Mine (Sunrise pit; Cleo pit), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘVogue deposit, Sunrise Dam Gold Mine (Sunrise pit; Cleo pit), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘLancefield North prospect, Laverton, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘRamonie Gold Mine, Mount Morgans Gold Mine, Mount Margaret Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘRed October Gold Mine, Linden Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
69.9km (43.4 miles) ⓘLord Byron gold prospect, Irwin Hills (Jasper Hills), Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
74.8km (46.5 miles) ⓘFish Gold Mine, Irwin Hills (Jasper Hills), Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
Mueller, Andreas G., Hall, Gregory C., Nemchin, Alexander A., Stein, Holly J., Creaser, Robert A., Mason, Douglas R. (2008) Archean high-Mg monzodiorite–syenite, epidote skarn, and biotite–sericite gold lodes in the Granny Smith–Wallaby district, Australia: U–Pb and Re–Os chronometry of two intrusion-related hydrothermal systems. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (3) 337-362 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0164-0
 
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