| Lat / long: | 35.32178, -83.63156 |
| Tertiary: | Talc-Soapstone |
| Ore: | Talc |
| Discovery year: | 1938 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| 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 |
| MRDS | K002646 |
| DEP | 10026157 |
| 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:: 1948 OTHER VAN HORN, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES., BULL. 56}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |