Mine detail: Standard Minerals Mine

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.30121, -79.98256
dep_id: 10055261
mrds_id: RE00552
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Minor mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sericite
gangue: Chloritoid, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Pyrophyllite, Sericitic, Silicic
conc_proc: Extreme Hydrothermal Leaching In Paleo-Hot Spring System
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Uwharrie Formation
hrock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 80, P. 37
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