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Reaves Mine

Producer 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026366
MRDS ID K004770
Record type Site
Current site name Reaves Mine
Alternate or previous names Snow Prospect, White Mine, Chatham Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.41754, 35.50593 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.3 MI NORTH OF GLENDON ON S.R. 1006, 1 MILE EAST OF ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(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

  • THE REAVES MINE IS ABOUT 2000 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE WOMBLE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYROPHYLLITE IS YELLOWISH TO WHITE IN COLOR AND OF THE COMPACT FOLIATED VARIETY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chloritoid Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinitic Clays Formed From Felsic Volcanic Rock By The Action Of Hot Springs And/Or Fumaroles.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.41754, 35.50593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Fold Axes Strike Northeast, Foliation Dips Steeply Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glendon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 50
    Plunge NW
    Length 220M
    Width 30M
    Depth to bottom 24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST ORE IS DEVELOPED FROM EXTREME HYDROTHERMAL LEACHING OF LAMINATEDuARGILLITE. SERICITIC ALTERATION AND SILICIFICATION IS APPARENT IN THEuVOLCANIC ROCKS ON THE STRUCTURAL HANGINGWALL (NORTH SIDE). PYROPHYLLITE ISuEXTREMELY DEFORMED AND SHOW A CONSISTANT PLUNGE IN MINOR FOLDS AXES TO THE NORTHEAST.u ORE ZONE IS OVERLAIN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PIT BY A BASALTIC ANDESITEu FLOW THAT CONTAINS A HEMATITE CEMENTED VOLCANIC BRECCIA AT ITS BASE. THISu UNIT CAN BE TRACED EASTWARD TOWARD THE HAW BRANCH COPPER PROSPECT. THEu BRECCIA IS PRESENT NEAR THE ZONE OF COPPER ENRICHMENT AT THE PROSPECT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Glendon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • CALCULATED FROM DIMENSIONS OF OPEN PIT IN 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 220M
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall width 46M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED FROM ONE LARGE OPEN CUT

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.

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L., 1985, GLENDON PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS, IN P.G.FEISS,ED., VOLCANIC-HOSETED GOLD AND HIGH-ALUMINA ROCKS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT: GUIDEBOOK FOR SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP FALL, 1985, UNC-CHAPEL HILL.

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP CONLEY, J. F., BULL 76, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON STUCKEY, J. L.; BULL. 80, REPORT

  • Production

    KLEIN, T.L.,USGS

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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