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Ruff Prospect

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026367
MRDS ID K004771
Record type Site
Current site name Ruff Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.50088, 35.41427 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.7 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PARKWOOD, 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

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Sericite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllitic, Sericitic

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.50088, 35.41427
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Length 75M
    Width 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A FAULT ZONE WHICH STRIKES N 20 E AND DIPS 80 NW. THE SOUTHEASTERN LIMB OF DEPOSIT IS DISPLACED TO THE NORTHWEST BY A CROSS FAULT WHICH STRIKES N 45 W AND DIPS 75 NE.u SILICA-RICH PODS AND BULL QUARTZ VEINS UP TO -.5 M IN THICKNESS ARE PRESENTu CHLORITOID IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT IN THE PYROPHYLLITE. PYROPHYLLITE ANDu QUARTZ VEINS ARE DEFORMED IN MESOSCOPIC FOLDS. ALTERATION PROBABLYu CONTROLLED BY THE "GLENDON FAULT" WHICH JUXTAPOSES FELSIC AND ANDESTICu VOLCANIC ROCK UNITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Robbins Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Length 75M
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 68.58M
    Overall width 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE IRREGULAR PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 NO GOLD IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ALTERATION SYSTEM

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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