Abstract

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Climate, Vegetation, Soils, and Topography

General Geology

Geology of the Snow Camp-Saxapahaw Area

• Summarized Geologic History of the Snow Camp-Saxapahaw Area
  
  
  • Intermediate to Felsic Volcanic Complex
    
    
    • Andesitic or Basaltic Bedrock, Separately Mapped
      
      
    • Siliceous Flow-Banded Rhyolite and Locally Flow-Banded and Locally Porphyritic Dacite
      
      
    • Debris Flow Strata East of the Snow Camp Community
      
      
  • Reedy Branch Tuff
    
    
• Relative Ages of the Volcanic Rocks
  
  
  • Metamorphosed Intrusive Rocks
    
    
    • Granitic Intrusions in the Cane Creek Mountains
      
      
    • Granite, Quartz Monzonite, and Related Rocks in Sectors C, D, and the Northern Halves of Sectors G and H
      
      
    • Granitoid Plutons Along the Postulated South Fork Fault System
      
      
    • Lindley Farms Quartz Monzonite Plutons
      
      
    • Other Metamorphosed Small Plutons Mapped Near the South Fork Fault System
      
      
    • Small Intrusive Bodies of Dacite, Dacite Porphyry, and Rhyodacite Porphyry, with Intense Quartz-Sericitic and Locally Potassic Alteration
      
      
    • Metamorphosed Porphyritic Dacite Pluton
      
      
    • Quartz Diorite-Hornfels-Volcanic Rock Injection Complexes
      
      
    • Metamorphosed Mafic-Rich Intrusive Rocks
      
      
  • Rocks Intruded After Regional Metamorphism

Structural Geology

Hydrothermal Alternation and Mineralization

• High-Sulfidation Mineralization in Other Regions Worldwide
  
  
• Previous Interpretations of High-Sulfidation Mineralization in the Carolina Slate Belt
  
  
• Possible Linear Control of Mineralization on a Regional Scale
  
  
• High-Sulfidation Alteration Systems in the Study Area
  
  
  • Rocks of the Quartz-Sericite-Paragonite Alteration Zone
    
    
  • Quartz-Rich Core-Zone Rock and the Pyrophyllite-Rich Bodies
    
    
  • Breccia Zones and Breccia Pipes
    
    
  • Shapes and Orientation of the Core Zones and Pyrophyllite-Rich Bodies
    
    
• Origin of the Alteration Systems Summarized
  
  
• Sericitization in the Reedy Branch Tuff
  
  
• Epidote-Rich and Greisenlike Rock

Metamorphic Geology

Geochemical Studies

• Greisenlike Rocks Containing Anomalous Molybdenum
  
  
• Sulfide-Bearing Rocks and Gossans
  
  
• Soils Sampled for Chemical Analyses
  
  
• Results of Panning Soil and Stream-Sediment Samples and Analyzing Stream Sediments

Mines, Quarries, and Other Mineralized Sites

Mineral Potential of Area

• Gold Potential of Area
  
  
• Pyrophyllite and Andalusite Mineral Potential of Area

Remote-Sensing Studies

References Cited