Ore Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Chatham county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Mica
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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055251
MRDS ID RE00538
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.42976, 35.66231 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Siler City(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 Chatham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sericite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllitic, 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) -79.42976, 35.66231

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L., USGS, SITE VISIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ZONE NORTH WEST OF THE IRON GOSSANuDEPOSITS ON ORE HILL. NO KNOWN GOLD OCCURENCE HERE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.