Mine detail: Standard Minerals Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 35.30121, -79.98256

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Secondary: Mica
Ore: Sericite
Gangue: Chloritoid, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Uwharrie Formation
Host type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Pyrophyllite, Sericitic, Silicic

References

MRDSRE00552
DEP10055261
ReferenceSTUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 80, P. 37
ReporterKlein, T.L.