Mine detail: Maltby Talc Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.1565, -83.95601

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Talc
Gangue:	Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Marble,Calc-Silicate Schist
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

References

MRDS	K002628
DEP	10026144
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:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1944, TALC RECONNAISSANCE IN THE VICINITY OF MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 7 P.}{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.