Mine detail: Legion Creek Area

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Location

Lat / long: 30.48354, -98.72201

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Valley Springs Gneiss
Host type:Peridotite,Gneiss
Associated rock:Packsaddle Schist
Associated type:Schist

References

MRDSTC40138
DEP10065115
Reference{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., 1945, SOAPSTONE AND SERPENTINITE IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS PUB. 4301, P. 55-91}{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE WILLOW CITY QUADRANGLE, GILLESPIE AND LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BURSAUCE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ-4}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R.