Commodities
TertiaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Murphy Marble, White To Bluish-Gray Or-Black, Fine-To Coarse-Grained Marble;Brasstown Schist-Thin Bedded Schist And Micaceous Quartzite
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026152
MRDS IDK002640
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.28955, -83.66878
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