Mine detail: Womble Mine

Previously called 'Glendon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.50343, -79.42309

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Gangue:	Chloritoid, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	POD/LENS
Discovery year:	1840

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1840

Geology

Host type:	Argillite
Associated type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	Foliation And Fold Axes Strike Northeast, Foliation Dips Steeply Northwest, Glendon Fault
Tectonic:	Eugeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Kaolinitic Clays Formed From Felsic Volcanic Rock By The Action Of Hot Springs And/Or Fumaroles.

References

MRDS	K004760
DEP	10106857
Reference	{Deposit:: CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 76, 40P.}{Deposit:: SPENCE, WILLIAM H., 1975, A MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 7, NO. 4, P. 536 - 537.}{Deposit:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.}{Production:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, N. C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 80.}{Reserve-Resource:: CALCULATED FROM DATA OF STUCKEY BASED ON SITE OBSERVATIONS OF T.L. KLEIN}
Reporter	Burt, Edward R., Klein, T.L.