Mine detail: Edwards #3 Soapstone Mine

Location:	Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.91731, -82.62542
dep_id:	10025088
mrds_id:	K000028
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Talc-Soapstone
Trace mineral:	Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Soapstone
other_matl:	Scheelite
Reporter:	Fagan, James M.
References:	Deposit:: BENTZEN, E.H., 1971, SOAPSTONE IN MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: MINERALS RESEARCH LAB., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV., JULY PROGRESS REPT., 18 P. Deposit:: WIENER, L.S., AND BENTZEN, E.H., 1972, SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN CERTAIN SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 114 Deposit:: 1971 RECON NC DEPT CONS & DEV Deposit:: N C MINERALS RESEARCH LAB MARCH 1972 PROGRESS REPORT