Mine detail: Carolina Talc Mine

Previously called 'Bailey MineNotla MineKinsey Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.04511, -84.09297

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Talc
Gangue:	Actinolite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Quartz, Scapolite, Tremolite
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1927-1938
First production started:	1927

Geology

Host type:	Marble
Associated rock:	Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite & Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar & Quartz Through Metamorphism
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline, Lineations Of Cleavage Intersections Have Trends Which Are Coincident With The Plunge Of The Talc.
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	K002614
DEP	10026134
Reference	{Deposit:: VAN HORN, E.C., 1948, TALC DEPOSITS OF THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT (NORTH CAROLINA): NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 56, 54 P.}{Deposit:: POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711.}{Deposit:: 1948 OTHER VAN HORN, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES., BULL. 56}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER}{Production:: VAN HORN, E.C., 1948, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 56.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.