| Lat / long: | 35.12705, -83.99712 |
| Primary: | Talc-Soapstone |
| Ore: | Talc |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 188*; 194* |
| First production started: | 1884 |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,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 |
| MRDS | K002625 |
| DEP | 10026142 |
| 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:: TVA OPEN-FILE REPORT, 1944. VAN HORN, 1948.} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |