Fox Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055235
MRDS ID RE00520
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Mountain Prospect
Alternate or previous names Includes Adjacent Iron Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.73755, 35.70231 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramseur(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 Randolph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Iron Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllite, Chloritoid, Sericite, Quartz

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Virgilina Group
    Rock description Virgilina Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.73755, 35.70231

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LARGE POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERATION DEVELOPS QUARTZ GRANOFELS AND LOW GRADE PYROPHYLLITE ON HILLTOPS.u SPECULAR HEMATITE PODS MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF IRON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECTS AND FEW CUTS SCATTERED OVER WIDE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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