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Pilot Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Randolph county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Kyanite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055254
MRDS ID RE00541
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.68005, 35.66259 (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
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Topaz Ore
Chloritoid Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Advanced Argillic (Pyrophyllite, Andalusite, Topaz), 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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.68005, 35.66259
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Foliation And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form STEEPLY DIPPING TABULAR
    Length 1500M
    Width 500M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH ALUMINA ALTERATION ZONE IS PART OF A LARGE SUBVOLCANIC PORPHYRY-RELATEDuALTERATION SYSTEM. GOLD, COPPER, MOLYBDENUM AND TIN ENRICHMENT IS PRESENTuAND RELATED TO THE ALUMINOUS ALTERATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL ROAD SYSTEM AND APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN DOZER TRENCHES AND PITS ARE PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION DIAMOND CORE DRILLING WAS COMPLETED IN THE EARLY 1980'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L. AND SCHMIDT, R.G., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN-FOX MOUNTAIN ALTERATION SYSTEM: IN P.G. FEISS, EDITOR, VOLCANIC-HOSTED GOLD AND HIGH-ALUMINA ROCKS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP, FALL MEETING, OCTOBER 1985: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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