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Sanders Prospect

Occurrence in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026358
MRDS ID K004759
Record type Site
Current site name Sanders Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.70866, 35.4001 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STAR, N. C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spies(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Moore

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllite, Silicic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.70866, 35.4001
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The East
Type of structure Local
Structure description Well Developed Cleavage N 30 E Dipping 40-50 W

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOIDAL
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS MEDIUM TO FINE GRAINED, FELSIC TUFF WITH WELL DEVELOPED CLEAVAGE. NUMEROUS SMALL QUARTZ VEINS CUT THE COUNTRY ROCK AT ALL ANGLES. RADIATING PYROPHYLLITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUARTZ VEINS AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robbins

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD PIT ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF HILL NOW FILLED AND OVERGROWN. TWO SMALL PITS 5-10 FEET DEEP AND 10 FEET LONG. SAID TO BE GOLD PROSPECTS PRESENT ON RIDGE TO SOUTHWEST END OF PROPERTY. ON SOUTHWEST SLOPE OF HILL ABOVE CREEK IS A TRENCH 2 OR 3 FEET DEEP AND 150 FEET LONG. THIS TRENCH SHOWS VERY LITTLE PYROPHYLLITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 80, 38 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADVANCED ARGILLIC HOT SPRING ALTERATION. NO KNOWN GOLDuMINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Burt, Edward R. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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