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Mcconnell Prospect

Occurrence in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Mica
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026360
MRDS ID K004762
Record type Site
Current site name Mcconnell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.50421, 35.4701 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 KM SE OF HIGHFALLS BRIDGE OVER DEEP RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL IS FOLIATED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Advanced Argillic; Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite

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 Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.50421, 35.4701
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Trending Glendon Fault. Along The Contact Of Felsic Volcanic Rocks With Argillite.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS/LENS
    Strike N 28 E
    Dip 30 NW
    Thickness 3M
    Length 120M
    Width 4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • A HIGHLY SHEARED SERICITIZED FELSIC TUFF IN PART SILICIFIED, IS EXPOSED ALONG ACCESS ROAD WEST OF THE PROSPECT. ACCORDING TO CONLEY (1962) THE SHEAR ZONE OF THE GLENDON FAULT AT THIS POINT IS ONLY ABOUT 40 FEET WIDE AND THE MINERALIZED ZONE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET WIDE.u NEAR THE PROBABLE FAULT CONTACT OF FELSIC TUFF AND LAMINATED ARGILLITE.u FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS NEARBY TO THE SOUTHEAST INCLUDE FLOW-BANDED RHYOLITE.u MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING POTASH FELDSPAR-RICH BRECCIA THAT ISu CEMENTED BY EPIDOTE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Robbins Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 5M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS ARE NOW ALMOST COMPLETELY FILLED AND OVERGROWN. DUMPS ARE VISIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 76, 40P.

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMMEDIATELY NORTHEAST OF COTTON AND RITTER GOLD MINES

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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