Mine detail: Bradshaw Mine

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Location: Orange County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.97259, -79.23976
dep_id: 10105545
mrds_id: W007492
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrophyllite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration: Pyrophyllitic, Sericitic, Silicic
conc_proc: Extreme Hydrothermal Leaching In Paleo-Hotspring System
Reporter: Espenshade, Gilbert H., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
Structure: Virginia Syncline Axis Trends Ne
Year first produced: 1958
yr_lst_prd: 1961
prod_yrs: 1958-1961
References:
  • Analytical Data:: ALLEN AND WILSON, 1968
  • Deposit:: HUME, J. J., CARTHAGE, N. C., 1958, ORAL COMMUNICATION - HUME IS PROSPECTOR FOR CAROLINA P. CO. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
  • Deposit:: ALLEN, E.P. AND WILSON, W.F., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 81, P. 48.
  • Production:: HUME, J.J., 1958, ORAL COMM.
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