Mine detail: Unnamed Churn Drill Hole Locality

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Location: Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.109, -84.01712
dep_id: 10026139
mrds_id: K002622
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Talc
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
tectonic: Geosyncline
References:
  • 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
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