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Sericite from
Lincoln Mine (Lincoln claim; Stewart claim; Belmont claim), Lincoln Consolidated Mine, Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA


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 Lincoln Mine (Lincoln claim; Stewart claim; Belmont claim), Lincoln Consolidated Mine, Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:924359
Long-form Identifier:1:3:924359:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘOld Eureka Mine (Eureka Mine; Amador Consolidated Mine; Hetty Green Mine; Hayward Mine; Amador claim; Maxwell claim; Alpha claim; Railroad claim), Central Eureka Mine (Summit Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘHayward Mine (Allen Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘNewton Mine (Newton Copper Mine; Jackson Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘJackson Butte, Amador County, California, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘGwin Mine (Paloma Mine; Gwin Extension No. 1 Mine), Paloma, Paloma Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘPeyton deposit (Peyton Crocker-Preston prospect), Pine Grove, Pine Grove Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘThayer Mine (Grey House Mine; Greyhouse Mine; Grayhouse Mine), Waters Peak, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘPenn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco), Campo Seco, Campo Seco Mining District, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘMocettini occurrence, Flonellis, Latrobe Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘMartinez Gold Mine (Martinez Mine; Martinez Hillside group; Bismark claim; Gold reef claim; Hillside Extension claim; Hillside Extension No. 3 claim; Martinez claim), Logtown, El Dorado Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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