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Jackson 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10026362
MRDS ID K004765
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.46365, 35.49038 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.3 KM WEST NORTHWEST OF GLENDON, 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

Putnam(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

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = PUTNAM 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSIDERABLE WHITE FOLIATED SCHIST IS EXPOSED IN PITS BUT NO COMMERCIAL PYROPHYLLITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllite, 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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.46365, 35.49038
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Lendon Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Glendon Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON THE GLENDON FAULT ZONE IN RHYOLITE TUFFS NEAR THE CONTACT WITH VOLCANIC SLATE (BEDDED ARGILLITE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Glendon

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT PITS 10 TO 15 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 GOLD NOT KNOW IN THIS DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Burt, Edward R. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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