| Location: | Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.41649, -79.6131 |
| dep_id: | 10026359 |
| mrds_id: | K004761 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Talc-Soapstone |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hot Spring |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| gangue: | Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | POD/LENS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
| alteration: | Advanced Argillic Alteration Of Felsic Volcanic Rock By The Action Of Hot Springs And/Or Fumaroles. |
| ore_ctrl: | Fault-Controlled Hyrothermal-Epithermal Activity |
| Reporter: | Burt, Edward R., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Foliation And Fold Axes Strike Northeast, Foliation Dips Steeply Northwest, Robbins Fault |
| Year first produced: | 1919 |
| disc_yr: | 1888 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 76, 40 P.
- Deposit:: SPENCE, WILLIAM H., 1975; A MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 7, NO. 4, P. 536 - 537.
- Deposit:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.
- Production:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.
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