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Jones 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026368
MRDS ID K004772
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.39976, 35.51566 (WGS84)
Relative position 8.25 KM SOUTHEAST OF HARPERS CROSSROADS

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD PYROPHYLLITE, SOMEWHAT FOLIATED AND DISCOLORED, IS IN THE PIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Sericite Ore
Chloritoid Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Pyrophyllitic

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.39976, 35.51566
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Glendon Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Glendon Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • SURFACE EXPOSURES INDICATE ROCK IN THIS AREA IS HIGHLY SHEARED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Glendon

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS 100 FEET LONG AND 2 TO 6 FEET DEEP

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 NO GOLD KNOWN 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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