Mine detail: Faulkner Mountain Pyrophillite Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.96483, -81.99004

Resource(N)

Primary:	Pyrophyllite
Secondary:	Andalusite
Ore:	Pyrophyllite
Gangue:	Quartz, Muscovite, Chloritoid

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Development status:	Unknown

Geology

Structure:	Pyrophyllite Quartzite
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration

References

DEP	10307079
Reference	Espenshade, G. H. And Potter, D. B., 1960, Kyanite, Sillimanite, And Andalusite Deposits Of The Southeastern States: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 336.Espenshade, G. H. And Potter, D. B., 1960, Kyanite, Sillimanite, And Andalusite Deposits Of The Southeastern States: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 336.
Reporter	Maybin, A.H., Iii, Nicholson, S.W.