Description
Mr. Jim Bailey, Nearby Silvermine Community.
Commodities
TertiaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Geology
Host rockMarble · Murphy Marble, White To Bluish-Gray Or-Black, Fine To Coarse-Grained Marble
Associated rockDiorite · 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
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026159
MRDS IDK002648
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.3265, -83.62628
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