Mine detail: Reaves Mine

Previously called 'Snow ProspectWhite MineChatham Mine'

Location:	Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.50593, -79.41754
dep_id:	10026366
mrds_id:	K004770
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Talc-Soapstone
Minor mineral:	Mica
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
gangue:	Chloritoid, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR
work_type:	Surface
model:	154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration:	Kaolinitic Clays Formed From Felsic Volcanic Rock By The Action Of Hot Springs And/Or Fumaroles.
ore_ctrl:	Shear Zone
Reporter:	Burt, Edward R., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type:	Argillite
arock_type:	Tuff
Structure:	Foliation And Fold Axes Strike Northeast, Foliation Dips Steeply Northwest, Glendon Fault
tectonic:	Eugeosynclinal
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1928
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. Deposit:: KLEIN, T.L., 1985, GLENDON PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS, IN P.G.FEISS,ED., VOLCANIC-HOSETED GOLD AND HIGH-ALUMINA ROCKS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT: GUIDEBOOK FOR SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP FALL, 1985, UNC-CHAPEL HILL. Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, J. F., BULL 76, REPORT Deposit:: 1967 RECON STUCKEY, J. L.; BULL. 80, REPORT Production:: KLEIN, T.L.,USGS