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Steeds Prospect

Occurrence in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096198
MRDS ID W007498
Record type Site
Current site name Steeds Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.76644, 35.5001 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seagrove(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 Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Sericite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 > Metavolcanic Rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 90M
    Width 12M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO LENSES OF QUARTZ-PYROPHYLLITE ROCK, EACH ABOUT 300 FT. LONG, 20-40 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carolina Pyrophyllite Co.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT PROSPECTED BY OPEN CUTS IN 1958 BY CAROLINA PYROPHYLLITE CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., MAY 14, 1958, FIELD NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD NOT KNOWN TO OCCUR HERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. 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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