Mine detail: Comanche Creek Area

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Location: Blanco County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.4591, -98.57644
dep_id: 10065849
mrds_id: TC41285
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Talc
gangue: Apatite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Tremolite
orebody_fm: LENSE
model: 20: Ultramafic hosted magnesite
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Packsaddle Schist
hrock_type: Peridotite,Schist
arock_unit: Big Branch Gneiss
arock_type: Gneiss
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
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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