Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
SecondaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlGlendon Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrophyllite, Sericite
GangueChloritoid
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureNortheast-Trending Glendon Fault
AlterationSericitic, Pyrophyllitic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10026368
MRDS IDK004772
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.51566, -79.39976
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.