Mine detail: Phillips Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.50454, -79.43087

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Secondary:	Mica
Ore:	Pyrophyllite
Gangue:	Chloritoid, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR AND LENSES
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1903
Last production ended:	1990

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Deposit Deformed By The Glendon Fault. Regional Folds Ne-Trending, Overturned To The East (West-Dipping Limbs)., Overturned And Attenuated Fold From Reverse Faulting Along The Glendon Fault.
Alteration processes:	Pyrophyllite Appears To Be Controlled By A Fracture System That Predates The Last Movement On The Glendon Fault.

References

MRDS	RE00539
DEP	10055252
Reference	{Deposit:: STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 80}{Deposit:: KLEIN, T.L., SITE VISITS, 1980-1986}
Reporter	Klein, T.L.