Mine detail: Snow Camp Mine

Previously called 'Holma* Mill Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.86176, -79.3967

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Secondary: Mica
Ore: Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENTICULAR, PIPELIKE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1940

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated type:Rhyolite
Tectonic:Central Carolina Slate Belt
Alteration processes:Silicic, Sericitic, Pyrophyllitic

References

MRDSW007493
DEP10069802
Reference{Deposit:: BROADHURST, S. D., AND COUNCILL, R. J., 1953, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON HIGH ALUMINA MINERALS IN THE VOLCANIC - SLATE SERIES, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INF. CIRC. 10.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G. H., APR. 15, 1953, UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT. SCHMIDT, R.G., 1985, SNOW CAMP PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSIT: IN P.G. FEISS ED. GEOLOGY OF VOLCANIC-HOSTED GOLD AND PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FALL FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK.}
ReporterEspenshade, Gilbert H., Klein, T.L.