Mine detail: Faulkner Mountain Pyrophillite Prospect

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Location: Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.96483, -81.99004
dep_id: 10307079
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Pyrophyllite
Minor mineral: Andalusite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Development status: Unknown
ore: Pyrophyllite
gangue: Quartz, Muscovite, Chloritoid
alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration
Reporter: Maybin, A.H., Iii, Nicholson, S.W.
Structure: Pyrophyllite Quartzite
References:
  • 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.
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