Location: | Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.31011, -83.64517 |
dep_id: | 10026155 |
mrds_id: | K002644 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Talc-Soapstone |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Talc |
orebody_fm: | LENS, PINCH & SWELL |
work_type: | Underground |
ore_ctrl: | Fracture Zones; Bedding |
Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
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 |
discr: | Nantahala Talc And Marble Company And North Carolina Talc And Mining Company. |
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