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Unnamed Talc Prospect Area

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091881
MRDS ID K002624
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Talc Prospect Area
Related records 10175738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.01129, 35.11372 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE NORTHEAST OF PLEASANT VALLEY CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(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)

Federal lands

Nantahala 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 Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR TALC BECAUSE OF THE EXPOSURES AND MINE IMMEDIATELY ON THE SOUTHWEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.01129, 35.11372
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Jennings
    Home office Asheville, N.C.

Comments on development

  • J.P. JENNINGS, LESSEE, FUNDED A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY ON THE PROPERTY, THE GEOLOGIST USING A HOTCHKISS SUPER DIP MAGNETOMETER. THE SURVEY SHOWED DISTINCT ANOMALIES NEAR THE INFERRED MARBLE-SCHIST CONTACTS AT TOP OF ROCK, AND THE INFERRED POSITION OF THE SILICIFIED WHITE MARBLE ZONE. VAN HORN (1948) STATES THAT THE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY DIAMOND DRILLING, AND THAT THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE CONSEQUENTLY NEITHER CONFIRMED NOR DENIED.

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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