Standard Minerals Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055261
MRDS ID RE00552
Record type Site
Current site name Standard Minerals Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.98256, 35.30121 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI NW OF WADEVILLE, NC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Mica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sericite Ore
Chloritoid Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrophyllite, Sericitic, Silicic

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
    Rock unit name Uwharrie Formation
    Rock description Uwharrie Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.98256, 35.30121

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 150M
    Width 91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE AND FOLIATED PYROPHYLLITE IN 90 X 150 M ZONE. METAMORPHIC CLEAVAGEuIN DEPOSIT AND COUNTRY ROCKS IS N 40 E DIPPING STEEPLY NW. ZONE OF PUREuSERICITE IS IN STRUCTURAL FOOTWALL (NE SIDE) AT THE NORTH END OF THEuDEPOSIT. SEVERAL RED CLAY-RICH ZONES ARE INTERLAYERED WITH THE PYROPHYLLITEuON THE NORTH END.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Standard Mineral Co.

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, P. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS NOT KNOWN TO OCCUR HERE; ALTERATION IS SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND IN MODEL 25E. THE DIMENSIONS ARE THE LIMITS OF EXPLORATION. METAMORPHICuCLEAVAGE IN THE ORE AND HOST ROCKS IS N 40 E WITH STEEP NW DIP.uA ZONE OF PURE SERICITE ALONG THE STRUCTURAL FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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