Mine detail: Bates Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.49899, -79.44143

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: LENSES
Discovery year: 1903

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1904
Last production ended: 1919

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Glendon Fault
Alteration processes:Pyrophyllite, Sericite, Silicification

References

MRDSK004763
DEP10026361
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.}
ReporterBurt, Edward R., Klein, T.L.