Talc Quarry

Producer in Franklin county in Massachusetts, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069353
MRDS ID W006821
Record type Site
Current site name Talc Quarry
Related records 10170689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.25283, 42.64637 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.6 MILE E.S.E. OF WARWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Millers River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION, PROBABLY FOR SOAPSTONE ONLY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.25283, 42.64637

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Plunge N65-75E
    Plunge direction STEEP SE
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warwick - Royalton Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL QUARRIES IN SOAPSTONE BODIES IN GRANITIC GNEISS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HADLEY, J.B., 1949, "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT GRACE QUADRANGL, MASS," USGS G Q NO. 3, QUARRY SHORT TEXT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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