Mine detail: Pilot Mountain Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.66259, -79.68005

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone, Kyanite
Ore:	Andalusite, Topaz
Gangue:	Chloritoid, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	STEEPLY DIPPING TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Ne-Trending Foliation And Folds
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Advanced Argillic (Pyrophyllite, Andalusite, Topaz), Sericitic.

References

MRDS	RE00541
DEP	10055254
Reference	KLEIN, T.L. AND SCHMIDT, R.G., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN-FOX MOUNTAIN ALTERATION SYSTEM: IN P.G. FEISS, EDITOR, VOLCANIC-HOSTED GOLD AND HIGH-ALUMINA ROCKS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP, FALL MEETING, OCTOBER 1985: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
Reporter	Klein, T.L.