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Peter Cove Talc Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Tungsten, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025117
MRDS ID K000075
Record type Site
Current site name Peter Cove Talc Mine
Related records 10297020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.57597, 35.95898 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Relative position 1.0 MILE WEST NORTHWEST OF SAMS GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sams Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Comments on the location information

  • ANOTHER SHAFT AT 4120 FT. ELEVATION; COORD. 941, 200E, 822, 900N ZONE 4901

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.57597, 35.95898
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE AS FINE DISSEMINATED GRAINS, CRYSTALINE MASSES AND VEINSREG.COM: SCHEELITE AS FINE DISSEMINATED GRAINS, CRYSTALLINE MASSES AND VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF TALC WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • #1-25 FEET DEEP SHAFT #2-50 FEET DEEP SHAFT, DRIFT 30 FEET EACH WAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZEN, E.H., 1971, SOAPSTONE IN MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: MINERALS RESEARCH LAB., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV., JULY PROGRESS REPT., 18 P.

  • Deposit

    WIENER, L.S., AND BENTZEN, E.H., 1972, SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN CERTAIN SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 114

  • Deposit

    1971 RECON N. C. DEPT CONS. & DEV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT 18 FEET THICK AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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