Mine detail: Jones Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 35.51566, -79.39976

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Secondary: Mica
Ore: Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Gangue: Chloritoid
Discovery year: 1928

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Structure:Northeast-Trending Glendon Fault
Alteration processes:Sericitic, Pyrophyllitic

References

MRDSK004772
DEP10026368
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.