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Phillips Mine

Past Producer in Moore 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055252
MRDS ID RE00539
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.43087, 35.50454 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST OF S.R. 1006, 1.3 MI NORTH 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

Bear Creek(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 Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore
Chloritoid Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllite Appears To Be Controlled By A Fracture System That Predates The Last Movement On The Glendon Fault.

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.43087, 35.50454
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit Deformed By The Glendon Fault. Regional Folds Ne-Trending, Overturned To The East (West-Dipping Limbs).
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned And Attenuated Fold From Reverse Faulting Along The Glendon Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND LENSES
    Strike N 55-60 E
    Dip 45-70 NW
    Length 450M
    Width 60M
    Depth to bottom 25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CREST OF AN ASYMMETRIC EASTWARD TILTED FOLD FAULTED ALONG THE GLENDONuREVERSE FAULT. THIS ALTERATION EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL MILES AND IS DISCORDANT,uAFFECTING ARGILLITE, ANDESITIC AND FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1990

Mining district

District name Glendon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glendon Pyrophyllite Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CALCULATED FROM THE SIZE OF THE ORE BODY AS EXPOSED IN THE OPEN PIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 365M
    Overall depth 24M
    Overall length 333.76M
    Overall width 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINING FROM A SERIES OF SHAFTS AND DRIFTS THAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CURRENT PIT. THE BATES MINE LIES TO THE WEST, THE WOMBLE MINE ACROSS STATE ROAD 1006, AND THE WHITE MINE FURTHER TO THE EAST; ALL ARE ON THE SAME MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 80

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L., SITE VISITS, 1980-1986

  • Production

    KLEIN, T.L.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS ONE OF FOUR ON THE SAME ALTERATION ZONE THAT IS AT LEASTu2 KM LONG. SOME ANOMALOUS GOLD MAY BE PRESENT ON THE BASIS OFuUNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY DATA.

Reporter information

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

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