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North State No. 2 Prospect

Occurrence in Montgomery 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055248
MRDS ID RE00535
Record type Site
Current site name North State No. 2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.85422, 35.47704 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Chloritoid Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Chloritoid, 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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.85422, 35.47704
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 150M
    Width 90M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLOW-BANDED RHYOLITE MAY BE THE HOST ROCK. ABUNDANT CHLORITOID FOLLOWSuPRIMARY BANDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT QUARRY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE HILL CONTAINING THE OCCURRENCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 80

Reporter information

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

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