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Carolina Talc Mine

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026134
MRDS ID K002614
Record type Site
Current site name Carolina Talc Mine
Alternate or previous names Bailey Mine, Notla Mine, Kinsey Mine
Related records 10175077

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.09297, 35.04511 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.35 MILE WEST OF MT. LIBERTY CHURCH AND CEMETERY.

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

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS CAVED AT THE SURFACE, BEING ON THE FLOOD PLAIN AND BELOW FULL POOL LEVEL OF HIWASSEE LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.09297, 35.04511
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Defining A Major Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lineations Of Cleavage Intersections Have Trends Which Are Coincident With The Plunge Of The Talc.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike NE
    Dip 55 S
    Plunge 15
    Plunge direction S 25 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone; Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • VAN HORN (1948) STATES THAT THE TALC DEPOSIT WAS SIMILAR IN SIZE AND GENERAL CONFIGURATION TO THE NANCY JORDAN TALC BODY (HIS DEPOSIT NO. 10), BUT THAT THE OUTLINE OF THE MAIN TALC BODY WAS LESS DEFINITE AND THERE IS A GREATER AMOUNT OF MIXED TALC AND MARBLE. SILICIFIED MARBLE OCCURS AROUND THE TALC BODY AND AS KIDNEYS IN THE TALC. SLATY ROCK ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF THE BODY MAY HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY SERPENTINIZED, ACCORDING TO OLDER REPORTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer H.S. Predmore And/Or The Binney And Smith Company
Year of first production 1927
Production years 1927-1938

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carolina Talc Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
    Home office Box 73 Columbia, Tn. 38401 Attn. E.W. Wallace

Comments on the production information

  • VAN HORN STATES THAT THE MINE SUPPLIED SOME OF THE FINEST QUALITY TALC EVER PRODUCED IN NORTH CAROLINA. STANDARD GRADES OF PULVERIZED TALC WAS PRODUCED IN LARGE QUANTITY AND APPROXIMATELY 4 PERCENT OF THE TALC WAS CUT INTO CRAYONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 47.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT LEVELS WERE OPENED FROM THE SHAFT AT THE 56, 82, 104, AND 116 FOOT LEVELS AND COMBINATION DRIFT-SLOPE MINING WAS CARRIED ON IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ALONG THE AXIS OF THE TALC BODY. THE ENCLOSING MARBLE HAD A STRIKE OF N 40 E AND A DIP OF 55 S.

Comments on development

  • FOLLOWING PROSPECTING BY BINNEY AND SMITH COMPANY AROUND 1907, A SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1916, AND THE PROPERTY OPERATED BY THE COMPANY THROUGH THE NOTLA TALC COMPANY DURING 1927 TO 1934. THE CAROLINA TALC COMPANY TOOK OVER THE MINE IN 1934 AND OPERATED THE MINE FOR THE NOTLA TALC COMPANY UNTIL THE MINE WAS FLOODED IN 1938, WHEN OPERATIONS CEASED. ; ECON.COM: AVERAGE INFLOW OF WATER PRIOR TO FILLING OF HIWASSEE LAKE WAS 250 GPM. DANGER OF FLOODING WOULD BE A FACTOR IN ANY ATTEMPT TO MINE TALC AT THIS LOCALITY.

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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