Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
SecondaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formPODS/LENS
Ore controlFault
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrophyllite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockArgillite
StructureNortheast Trending Glendon Fault. Along The Contact Of Felsic Volcanic Rocks With Argillite.
AlterationAdvanced Argillic; Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026360
MRDS IDK004762
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.4701, -79.50421
References
STUCKEY, J. L., 1928, THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WITH A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP RIVER REGION: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 37, 62P.CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 76, 40P.STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.