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Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

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Classification
Locality type:	Mine
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 Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	748740
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:748740:8
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite

19.0km (11.8 miles)	ⓘ Chaishan Pb-Zn-Sn deposit, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
20.4km (12.7 miles)	ⓘ Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
20.5km (12.8 miles)	ⓘ Hengshanling Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
21.5km (13.3 miles)	ⓘ Hongqiling Sn polymetallic Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
23.9km (14.8 miles)	ⓘ Yejiwei Sn-polymetallic deposit (Yejiwo Sn-polymetallic deposit), Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
24.2km (15.1 miles)	ⓘ Hehuaping Sn-Pb-Zn deposit, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
25.5km (15.8 miles)	ⓘ Jiepailing Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
27.5km (17.1 miles)	ⓘ Zhuantou'ao Mine, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
30.6km (19.0 miles)	ⓘ Dashan W-Sn deposit, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
30.7km (19.1 miles)	ⓘ Chashanjiao W deposit, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
References
Keqin Xu (1957): Acta Geologica Sinica 37(2), 117-153 Yirang Chen (1981): Geology and Prospecting 17(2), 25-30 Ruilong Qiu (1984): Mineral Deposits 3(2), 68-75 Deyi Liu (1994) Typomorphic peculiarities of quartz in the Yaogangxian tungsten deposit, Hunan. Acta Mineralogica Sinica, 14(1), 74-82 (in Chinese with English abstract). Xiaofeng Cao, Xinbiao Lü, Mouchun He, Hong Niu, Baofeng Du, and Wei Mei (2009): Mineral Deposits 28(5), 611-620 Jiang, Hua; Liu, Biao; Kong, Hua; Wu, Qian-hong; Chen, Shefa; Li, Huan; Wu, Jing-hua (2022) In situ geochemistry and Sr–O isotopic composition of wolframite and scheelite from the Yaogangxian quartz vein-type W(–Sn) deposit, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 149. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.105066

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Sericite from Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Sericite from
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China