REF: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
Commodities (Major) - Talc-Soapstone; (Minor) - Mica
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Structure: Deposit Deformed By The Glendon Fault. Regional Folds Ne-Trending, Overturned To The East (West-Dipping Limbs)., Overturned And Attenuated Fold From Reverse Faulting Along The Glendon Fault.
Host Rock: Tuff

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Mica

Mineral List

ⓘ Chloritoid

ⓘ Pyrophyllite

ⓘ Quartz

3 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Tuff

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chloritoid

Formula: Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Chloritoid	9.AF.85	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Pyrophyllite	9.EC.10	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂
Al	ⓘ Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂

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