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Hemp Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069804
MRDS ID W007497
Record type Site
Current site name Hemp Mine
Alternate or previous names Robbins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.61644, 35.41677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moore(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins(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

  • NO TOPO COVERAGE AND NONE PLANNED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Altered Acidic Volcanic Tuff, Schist
    Rock description Altered Acidic Volcanic Tuff, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.61644, 35.41677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 609.6M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYROPHYLLITE SCHIST; COUNTRY ROCK IS ACIDIC VOLCANIC TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Standard Mineral Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • GEOLOGIC MAPPING BOTH OF DEPOSIT AND VICINITY IS NEEDED.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT MINED SINCE ABOUT 1920 BY STANDARD MINERAL CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1928, THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 37

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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