North Carolina · Cherokee County
Occurrence

Unnamed Churn Drill Hole Locality

Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States
Talc-Soapstone
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Commodities
TertiaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsTalc
Geology
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026139
MRDS IDK002622
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.109, -84.01712
References
VAN HORN, E.C., 1948, TALC DEPOSITS OF THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT (NORTH CAROLINA): NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 56, 54 P.POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711.1948 OTHER VAN HORN, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES., BULL. 561973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER