Mine detail: Peter Cove Talc Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.95898, -82.57597

Resource(B)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Tertiary: Tungsten, Sulfur-Pyrite
Gangue: Scheelite
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSK000075
DEP10025117
Reference{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 N. C. DEPT CONS. & DEV}
ReporterFagan, James M.