Mine detail: North State No. 1 Mine

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.48343, -79.77505
dep_id: 10055247
mrds_id: RE00534
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrophyllite
gangue: Chloritoid, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Pyrophyllitic, Sericitic, Chloritoid
conc_proc: Extreme Hydrothermal Leaching Of Volcanic Protolith
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
References:
  • STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 80
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