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Staley Mine

Past Producer in Randolph 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069803
MRDS ID W007494
Record type Site
Current site name Staley Mine
Alternate or previous names Gerhardt Mine
Related records 10249314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.59977, 35.80009 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty(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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Silicic, 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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.59977, 35.80009
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Metamorphic Cleavage N 50 E, Dipping 60-70 Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PIPELIKE
    Dip 65 DEG NW
    Length 107M
    Width 61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIPELIKE BODY ABOUT 100-200 FT. WIDE AND 300 FT LONG OF QUARTZ-PYROPHYLLITE ROCK IN SERICITEuSCHIST. HANGING WALL OF ALTERED VOLANIC TUFF. CENTRAL ZONE FROM 10 TO 150uFEET THICK OF HIGH GRADE CRYSTALLINE PYROPHYLLITE. FOOTWALL OF MASSIVEuHIGH-SILICA ROCK. DEPOSIT NARROWED WITH DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1930
Year of last production 1965

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carolina Pyrophyllite Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 76M
    Overall length 83.21M
    Overall width 55M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1928, THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. SURV. BULL. 37.

  • Deposit

    BURGESS, B. C. 1936, PYROPHYLLITE, A NEW DEVELOPMENT - THE GERHARDT DEPOSIT: AM. CERAMIC SOC. BULL., V. 15, P. 299 - 302.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., APR. 15, 1953: MAY 27, 1958, UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT. STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 80.

  • Production

    STUCKEY, 1967, PYROPHYLLITE IN NORTH CAROLINA: NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 80, P. 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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