Mine detail: Robbins Mine

Previously called 'Standard Mineral Company'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.41649, -79.6131

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Gangue: Sericite
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1888

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hot Spring
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1919

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Foliation And Fold Axes Strike Northeast, Foliation Dips Steeply Northwest, Robbins Fault
Alteration processes:Advanced Argillic Alteration Of Felsic Volcanic Rock By The Action Of Hot Springs And/Or Fumaroles.

References

MRDSK004761
DEP10026359
Reference{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.}
ReporterBurt, Edward R., Klein, T.L.