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Teer Prospect

Occurrence in Orange county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Kyanite, 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055262
MRDS ID RE00554
Record type Site
Current site name Teer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.21476, 35.96342 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Cross(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Kyanite Primary
Mica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore
Sericite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Advanced Argillic (Andalusite, Pyrophyllite, Sericite)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.21476, 35.96342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LARGE PODS
    Thickness 30M
    Width 10M

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC CLEAVAGE IN DEPOSIT IS N 55 E DIPPING 75 NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 9M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT WITH MINOR PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, E.P. AND WILSON, W.F., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ORANGE COUNTY: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 81, P. 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS NOT KNOWN FROM THIS OCCURRENCE; ALTERATION IS SIMILAR TOuMODEL 25E.

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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