Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFault Zone
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
StructureGlendon Fault
AlterationPyrophyllite, Sericite, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1904
Last production1919
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10026361
MRDS IDK004763
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.49899, -79.44143
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.