Mine detail: Big Branch Area

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Location

Lat / long: 30.44188, -98.60866

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Ore: Talc
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Magnetite
Orebody form: LENSE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Packsaddle Schist
Host type:Peridotite,Schist
Associated type:Gneiss,Pegmatite

References

MRDSTC40133
DEP10065111
Reference{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., 1945, SOAPSTONE AND SERPENTINE IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 55-91.}{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., 1952, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLOWOUT QUADRANGLE, BLANCO, GILLESPIE, AND LLANO COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ-5.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R.