Bates Mine

Past Producer in Moore county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026361
MRDS ID K004763
Record type Site
Current site name Bates Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.44143, 35.49899 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.9 KM NW OF GLENDON, N. C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putnam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(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 Moore

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = PUTNAM 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllite, Sericite, Silicification

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 > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.44143, 35.49899

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Glendon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 60
    Plunge NW
    Length 150M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOOTWALL IS AN ACID VOLCANIC BRECCIA COMPOSED OF FRAGMENTS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE HANGING WALL IS A RHYOLITE WHICH IS SOMEWHAT SHEARED AND WEATHERED ALONG THE ORE BODY. TOTAL WIDTH OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE IS BETWEEN 150 AND 300 FEET ALONG THE GLENDON FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Glendon

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 83.82M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTS OF 3 OPEN CUTS AND ONE SHAFT WITH DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REOPEN IN LATE 1920'S AND AGAIN IN THE 1930'S. NEITHER EFFORT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1928, THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WITH A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP RIVER REGION: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL. BULL. 37, 62P.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 76, 40P.

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS GOLD IS REPORTED FROM ROCKS IN THE STRUCTURAL FOOTuWALL SOUTHEAST OF THE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Burt, Edward R. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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