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Womble 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. 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 10106857
MRDS ID K004760
Record type Site
Current site name Womble Mine
Alternate or previous names Glendon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.42309, 35.50343 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.3 MI NORTH OF GLENDON, N. C. BESIDE S.R. 1006

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chloritoid Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinitic Clays Formed From Felsic Volcanic Rock By The Action Of Hot Springs And/Or Fumaroles.

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.42309, 35.50343
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Fold Axes Strike Northeast, Foliation Dips Steeply Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glendon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 65 NW
    Length 548.64M
    Width 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF HOST ROCKS UNCERTAIN. VOLCANISM IN CAROLINA SLATE BELT EXTENDED FROM LATE PRECAMBRIAN TO EARLY PALEOZOIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Year of first production 1840

Mining district

District name Glendon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Mineral Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CALCULATED FROM SIZE OF LARGEST PIT REPORTED BY STUCKEY, 1967.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON ASSUMPTION THAT 50% OF MATERIAL IN THE MINE IS ORE GRADE PYROPHYLLITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 502.92M
    Overall width 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL CUTS, PITS AND SHAFTS ON THIS PROPERTY NONE OF WHICH HAVE REACHED A DEPTH GREATER THAN 75 FEET. LARGEST PIT IS 120 M LONG, 38 M WIDE AND 18 M DEEP. DEPOSIT IS CONTINOUS WITH THE PHILLIPS MINE TO THE WEST AND THE WHITE MINE TO THE EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J. F., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 76, 40P.

  • Deposit

    SPENCE, WILLIAM H., 1975, A MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 7, NO. 4, P. 536 - 537.

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 80, 38P.

  • Production

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1967, N. C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 80.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALCULATED FROM DATA OF STUCKEY BASED ON SITE OBSERVATIONS OF T.L. KLEIN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS NOT KNOWN WITH THIS ALTERATION SYSTEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Burt, Edward R. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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