Description
W.B. Hartsfield And Jack Turner, Atlanta
Commodities
TertiaryTalc-Soapstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockAlluvium · Alluvium, Residuum; Recent; Boulder Gravel And Clay Residuum;Murphy Marble, White-Bluish Gray-Black, Fine-Coarse
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10090055
MRDS IDK002632
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.18539, -83.91212
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., PAPERTENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1944, TALC RECONNAISSANCE IN THE VICINITY OF MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA: OPEN-FILE REPORT 7 P.