Mine detail: Section 6 Talc Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.10205, -84.02601

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Talc-Soapstone, Lead, Silver, Gold, Marble, Dimension
Ore:	Gold, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1985

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Marble
Associated rock:	Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	K002621
DEP	10026140
Reference	{Deposit:: KERR, W.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1887, ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: CHAPT. 2, VOL. 2, GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA.}{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:: 1887 COMPILE KERR & HANNA, GEOL. OF N.C., 2ND VOL.}{Deposit:: 1948 OTHER VAN HORN, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES., BULL. 56}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER & FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.