Mine detail: Nancy Jordan Talc Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 35.08178, -84.05074

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Ore: Talc
Gangue: Actinolite, Marble, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Tremolite
Orebody form: LENS, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1945 TO PRESENT
First production started: 1945

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, Intersection Of Two Prominent Cleavages Form A Lineation That Is Coincident With The Plunge Of The Talc Body And Contribute In Part To The Fibrous Nature Of The Talc.
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSK002618
DEP10026137
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:: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK. VAN HORN, 1948.}
ReporterHale, Robin C.