| Lat / long: | 35.32455, -83.62878 |
| Tertiary: | Talc-Soapstone |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Murphy Marble, White To Bluish-Gray Or-Black, Fine-To Coarse-Grained Marble |
| 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 Metamorpnosed D10rites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Consequently |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline |
| Tectonic: | Geosyncline |
| MRDS | K002647 |
| DEP | 10026158 |
| 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} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |