Mine detail: Hinshaw Prospect

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Location: Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.83842, -79.41393
dep_id: 10055239
mrds_id: RE00524
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrophyllite
gangue: Chloritoid, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: PODS AND LENSES
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Silicic, Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
discr: Carolina Pyrophyllite
References:
  • STUCKEY, J.L., 1968, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 80, P. 2
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