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Legion Creek Area

Past Producer in Gillespie county in Texas, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065115
MRDS ID TC40138
Record type Site
Current site name Legion Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.72201, 30.48354 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 6 MI N7W OF WILLOW CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gillespie(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pedernales River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gillespie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Ore
Talc Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 20
USGS model code 8f
Deposit model name Ultramafic hosted magnesite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Packsaddle Schist
    Rock description Packsaddle Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Valley Springs Gneiss
    Rock description Valley Springs Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.72201, 30.48354
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS ARE WITHIN GNEISS NEAR GRADATIONAL CONTACT WITH SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO LLANO TALC GRINDING MILL AFTER 1948.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1945, SOAPSTONE AND SERPENTINITE IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS PUB. 4301, P. 55-91

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE WILLOW CITY QUADRANGLE, GILLESPIE AND LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BURSAUCE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ-4

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 25 SMALL TALC AND 3 SMALL ANTHOPHYLLITE PODS IN GNEISS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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