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Hartsfield and Turner Talc Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090055
MRDS ID K002632
Record type Site
Current site name Hartsfield and Turner Talc Prospect
Related records 10126575

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.91212, 35.18539 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE NORTH OF MOSS CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marble(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium, Residuum; Recent; Boulder Gravel And Clay Residuum;Murphy Marble, White-Bluish Gray-Black, Fine-Coarse
    Rock description Alluvium, Residuum; Recent; Boulder Gravel And Clay Residuum;Murphy Marble, White-Bluish Gray-Black, Fine-Coarse

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.91212, 35.18539
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer W.B. Hartsfield And Jack Turner, Atlanta

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. B. Hartsfield And Jack Turner
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Hartsfield

Comments on the workings information

  • THIRTEEN CORE HOLES AND A 55-FOOT DEEP SHAFT WERE PUT DOWN IN 1944, AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CORE HOLES WERE DRILLED IN 1946. CORE RECOVERY WAS POOR, BUT TALC WAS ENCOUNTERED IN SOME OF THEM. THE SHAFT FAILED TO REACH BEDROCK, AND ONLY SOME BOULDERS OF TALC, TREMOLITE, AND SILICEOUS MARBLE WERE ENCOUNTERED.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE TALC OCCURRED IN ALLUVIUM AND RESIDUUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1940'S
Deposit CORE DRILLING INDICATED THAT THE MARBLE FORMATION IS IN NORMAL POSITION, SUBJECT TO BROAD FOLDING, AND THAT ANY TALC AT THE SPECIFIC LOCATION HAD BEEN ERODED (VAN HORN, 1948).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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