Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
SecondaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR AND LENSES
Ore controlNe-Trending Fracture
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrophyllite
GangueChloritoid, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureDeposit Deformed By The Glendon Fault. Regional Folds Ne-Trending, Overturned To The East (West-Dipping Limbs)., Overturned And Attenuated Fold From Reverse Faulting Along The Glendon Fault.
AlterationPyrophyllite Appears To Be Controlled By A Fracture System That Predates The Last Movement On The Glendon Fault.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Last production1990
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10055252
MRDS IDRE00539
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.50454, -79.43087
References
STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 80KLEIN, T.L., SITE VISITS, 1980-1986