Mine detail: Legion Creek Area

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Location: Gillespie County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.48354, -98.72201
dep_id: 10065115
mrds_id: TC40138
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anthophyllite, Talc
gangue: Chlorite, Magnetite, Tremolite
orebody_fm: LENSE
model: 20: Ultramafic hosted magnesite
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Valley Springs Gneiss
hrock_type: Peridotite,Gneiss
arock_unit: Packsaddle Schist
arock_type: Schist
References:
  • 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
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