Unnamed Churn Drill Hole Locality

Occurrence in Cherokee county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026139
MRDS ID K002622
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Churn Drill Hole Locality
Related records 10280843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.01712, 35.109 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.15 MILE SSW 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

  • CHURN DRILL DATA INDICATES THE PROBABLE POSITION OF THE WHITE, FINE-GRAINED MARBLE ZONE WHICH IS THE FAVORABLE HORIZON FOR TALC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.01712, 35.109

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

Comments on development

  • A CHURN DRILL, DRILLING FOR WATER, INTERCEPTED DARK, BLUE, COARSE-GRAINED, HEAVILY GRAPHITIC MARBLE AT A DEPTH OF 105 FEET, AND CONTINUED IN THE SAME TYPE OF ROCK FOR ABOUT 40 ADDITIONAL FEET.

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

Beyond USGS

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