Massachusetts · Hampden County
Producer

Soapstone Quarry

Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Talc-Soapstone
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Commodities
PrimaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMetamorphic
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsTalc
Geology
Tectonic settingMetamorphosed Folded Belt Of Limestones And Dolomites Between Sericite Schists, All Beds Nearly Vertical; Post Silurium Alteration.
AlterationEnstatite And Enstatite - Olivine To Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10069160
MRDS IDW002598
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates42.05165, -72.91758
References
EMERSON, B.K., 1898, "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE, MASS. - CONN." USGS, GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 50 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT PARAGRAPH