Mine detail: Mcconnell Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.4701, -79.50421

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Secondary:	Mica
Ore:	Pyrophyllite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	PODS/LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Argillite
Structure:	Northeast Trending Glendon Fault. Along The Contact Of Felsic Volcanic Rocks With Argillite.
Alteration processes:	Advanced Argillic; Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite

References

MRDS	K004762
DEP	10026360
Reference	{Deposit:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1928, THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WITH A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP RIVER REGION: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 37, 62P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 76, 40P.}{Deposit:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.}
Reporter	Burt, Edward R., Klein, T.L.