Mine detail: Dry Creek Mine

Previously called 'Tucker Pit and Williams Pit'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.39482, -79.65283

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Secondary:	Mica
Ore:	Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES AND PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Small-Scale Ne-Trending Reverse Faults In The Ore Zone
Alteration processes:	Pyrophyllitic, Sericitic, Silicic

References

MRDS	RE00519
DEP	10055234
Reference	{Deposit:: STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 80, 38 P}{Deposit:: POWER, J. AND KLEIN, T.L., USGS SITE VISI}
Reporter	Klein, T.L.