Mine detail: Peter Cove Talc Mine

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Location: Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.95898, -82.57597
dep_id: 10025117
mrds_id: K000075
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Trace mineral: Tungsten, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Scheelite
other_matl: Pyrite
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 N. C. DEPT CONS. & DEV
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