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
Geology
Tectonic settingMetamorphosed Folded Belt Of Limestones And Dolomites Between Sericite Schist Beds, All Nearly Vertical; Post-Silurian Alteration
AlterationPyroxene To Actinolite To Steatite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10110405
MRDS IDW002600
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates42.18248, -72.97536
References
EMERSON, B.K., 1898, "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE, MASS. - CONN.", USGS GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 50 QUARRY LOCATION SHORT PARAGRAPH