| Lat / long: | 35.04872, -84.08963 |
| Primary: | Talc-Soapstone |
| Ore: | Talc |
| Gangue: | Marble, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | LENS |
| Discovery year: | 1942 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | AROUND 1900 - LATE 194* |
| 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 |
| Tectonic: | Geosyncline |
| MRDS | K002615 |
| DEP | 10026135 |
| 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. |