Mine detail: Carl Moss Mine

Previously called 'Yearlinghead Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long:

30.63271, -98.71173

Resource(N)

Primary:	Vermiculite, Stone, Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Serpentine, Talc, Vermiculite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Magnetite, Tremolite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENSE
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Packsaddle Schist
Host type:	Schist,Serpentinite
Associated type:	Pegmatite,Granite
Alteration processes:	Serpentinite Altered To Soapstone Probably As Result Of Intrusion By Granite. Soapstone Alteration Forms An Enveloped Around A Serpentinite Core. Serpentinite May Be Metamorphosed Dunite.

References

MRDS	TC40197
DEP	10065160
Reference	{Deposit:: CLABAUGH, S.E., AND BARNES, V.E., 1959, VERMICULITE IN CENTRAL TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 40, P. 19-23.}{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., 1945, SOAPSTONE AND SERPENTINE IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS PUB. 4301, P. 55-91.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.