Mine detail: Pilot Mountain Prospect

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Location: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.66259, -79.68005
dep_id: 10055254
mrds_id: RE00541
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone, Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Andalusite, Topaz
gangue: Chloritoid, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: STEEPLY DIPPING TABULAR
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Silicic, Advanced Argillic (Pyrophyllite, Andalusite, Topaz), Sericitic.
conc_proc: Intense Hydrothermal Leaching Probably Related To A Subvolcanic Intrusion.
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Ne-Trending Foliation And Folds
References:
  • 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
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