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Ammons Mine

Past Producer in Moore 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055219
MRDS ID RE00501
Record type Site
Current site name Ammons Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.76699, 35.48871 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllite, Silicic, 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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.76699, 35.48871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 460M
    Width 5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHEAST-TRENDING HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ZONE TRENDING N 40 E.uPYROPHYLLITE WAS IN LENSES ABOUT 1 M WIDE AND 3-5 M LONG ACCOMPANIED BYuFINE-GRAINED QUARTZ GRANOFELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT IS MINED OUT TO A DEPTH OF 9 M.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 460M
    Overall depth 9M
    Overall length 420.62M
    Overall width 5M

Comments on the workings information

  • LONG OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 80, P 36

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISI

  • Production

    STUCKEY, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL LENSES OF PYROPHYLLITE IN PERSISTENT ZONE. NO GOLDuMINERALIZATION IS KNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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