North Carolina · Moore County
Occurrence

Sanders Prospect

Moore County, North Carolina, United States
Talc-Soapstone
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Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formLENSOIDAL
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrophyllite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockFelsic Volcanic Rock
StructureNe-Trending Folds Overturned To The East, Well Developed Cleavage N 30 E Dipping 40-50 W
AlterationPyrophyllite, Silicic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026358
MRDS IDK004759
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.4001, -79.70866
References
STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 80, 38 P