Mine detail: Cotton Stone Mountain Prospect

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.40982, -79.87672
dep_id: 10055230
mrds_id: RE00515
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ELONGATE ZONE
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Sericitic, Pyrophyllitic
conc_proc: Extreme Hydrothermal Leaching Of Volcanic Tuffs
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
Structure: Strong Cleavage N 45-55 E Dipping 45-55 Nw
References:
  • Deposit:: STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BULLETING 80, P.37
  • Deposit:: KLEIN, T.L. USGS, SITE VISI
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