Mine detail: Ammons Mine

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Location: Moore County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.48871, -79.76699
dep_id: 10055219
mrds_id: RE00501
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrophyllite
gangue: Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LENSES
work_type: Surface
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Pyrophyllite, Silicic, Sericitic
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching Of Host Volcanic Rocks
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Tuff
References:
  • Deposit:: STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 80, P 36
  • Deposit:: KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISI
  • Production:: STUCKEY, 1968
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