Mine detail: Hayes Talc Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 35.139, -83.98046

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Ore: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Marble
Associated rock: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
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSK002627
DEP10102350
Reference{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:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER}{Production:: VAN HORN, 1948. PRATT, J.H., 1900, P. 8}
ReporterHale, Robin C.