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Unnamed Talc Prospect

Occurrence in Cherokee county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026131
MRDS ID K002609
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Talc Prospect
Related records 10248452

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.17797, 34.98872 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MILE NE OF FRIENDSHIP CHURCH CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Culberson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dalton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism
    Rock description Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.17797, 34.98872
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONLY A FEW SMALL SPECKS OF TALC WERE OBSERVED IN THE WHITE AND LIGHT-GRAY MARBLE IN THE DRILL CORES. NO OUTCROPS IN THE AREA SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF TALC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Carolina Talc Company

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carolina Talc Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • DIAMOND DRILL CORES INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF WHITE AND LIGHT GRAY MARBLE AND ONLY A TRACE OF TALC.

Comments on development

  • THE CAROLINA TALC COMPANY DRILLED SIX HOLES ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THE CORE RECORDS WERE NOT PRESERVED. ; ECON.COM: TALC PRESENT ONLY IN TRACE AMOUNTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WHITE, FINE-GRAINED, DOLOMITIC MARBLE ZONE WHICH LOCALLY CONTAINS TALC DEPOSITS IS AT THE APPROXIMATE STRATIGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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