| Location: | Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.22983, -83.72657 |
| dep_id: | 10026149 |
| mrds_id: | K002637 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Talc-Soapstone |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Talc |
| orebody_fm: | LENS |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
| hrock_unit: | Murphy Marble, White To Bluish-Gray Or-Black, Fine-To Coarse-Grained Marble |
| hrock_type: | Marble |
| arock_unit: | 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 |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| 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
- Production:: VAN HORN, E.C., 1948, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 56
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