Mine detail: Unnamed Talc Prospect

Location:	Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.17955, -83.92101
dep_id:	10098191
mrds_id:	K002631
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Talc-Soapstone
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Talc
ore_ctrl:	Bedding; Fracture Zones
Reporter:	Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type:	Marble
arock_unit:	Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite & Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar & Quartz Through Metamorphism
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
tectonic:	Geosyncline
prod_yrs:	1937
References:	Deposit:: VAN HORN, E.C., 1948, TALC DEPOSITS OF THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT (NORTH CAROLINA): NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 56, 54 P. Deposit:: POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711. Deposit:: 1948 OTHER VAN HORN, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES., BULL. 56 Deposit:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1944, TALC RECONNAISSANCE IN THE VICINITY OF MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA: OPEN-FILE REPORT 7 P. Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER Production:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 1944