North Carolina · Moore County
Producer

Hemp Mine

Moore County, North Carolina, United States
Talc-Soapstone
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Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrophyllite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Tuff · Altered Acidic Volcanic Tuff, Schist
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1920
Identification
Deposit ID10069804
MRDS IDW007497
Alternate namesRobbins
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.41677, -79.61644
References
STUCKEY, J. L., 1928, THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 37