Location: | Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.49899, -79.44143 |
dep_id: | 10026361 |
mrds_id: | K004763 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Talc-Soapstone |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
gangue: | Quartz, Sericite |
orebody_fm: | LENSES |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
model: | 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
alteration: | Pyrophyllite, Sericite, Silicification |
conc_proc: | Extreme Hydrothermal Leaching In High Acid Hot Spring System |
ore_ctrl: | Fault Zone |
Reporter: | Burt, Edward R., Klein, T.L. |
hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
Structure: | Glendon Fault |
Year first produced: | 1904 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1919 |
disc_yr: | 1903 |
References: |
- 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.
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