Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
SecondaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Geology
Host rockArgillite
Associated rockTuff
StructureFoliation And Fold Axes Strike Northeast, Foliation Dips Steeply Northwest, Glendon Fault
Tectonic settingEugeosynclinal
AlterationKaolinitic Clays Formed From Felsic Volcanic Rock By The Action Of Hot Springs And/Or Fumaroles.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10026366
MRDS IDK004770
Alternate namesSnow Prospect, White Mine, Chatham Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.50593, -79.41754
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.KLEIN, T.L., 1985, GLENDON PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS, IN P.G.FEISS,ED., VOLCANIC-HOSETED GOLD AND HIGH-ALUMINA ROCKS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT: GUIDEBOOK FOR SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP FALL, 1985, UNC-CHAPEL HILL.1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, J. F., BULL 76, REPORT1967 RECON STUCKEY, J. L.; BULL. 80, REPORTKLEIN, T.L.,USGS