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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