Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone, Kyanite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formSTEEPLY DIPPING TABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsAndalusite, Topaz
GangueChloritoid, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureNe-Trending Foliation And Folds
AlterationSilicic, Advanced Argillic (Pyrophyllite, Andalusite, Topaz), Sericitic.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055254
MRDS IDRE00541
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.66259, -79.68005
References
KLEIN, T.L. AND SCHMIDT, R.G., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN-FOX MOUNTAIN ALTERATION SYSTEM: IN P.G. FEISS, EDITOR, VOLCANIC-HOSTED GOLD AND HIGH-ALUMINA ROCKS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP, FALL MEETING, OCTOBER 1985: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL