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Unnamed 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. Geologic structures
  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 10094999
MRDS ID K002612
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Talc Prospect
Related records 10257127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.10408, 35.03678 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE NW OF JUNCTION OF US 64 WITH US 19 & 129, AND ON SOUTH SIDE OF RAILROAD.

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

  • CORE DRILLING INTERCEPTED THE TALC-BEARING HORIZON BUT ONLY A TRACE OF TALC WAS FOUND. ADDITIONAL DRILLING IS JUSTIFIED CONSIDERING THE CONTINUATION OF THE TALC-BEARING HORIZON NORTHEASTWARD TO THE OLD KINSEY TALC MINE, 1,000 FEET AWAY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.10408, 35.03678
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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
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer Mauney Mining Company

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mauney Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • CORE DRILLING ENCOUNTERED ONLY A TRACE AMOUNT OF TALC. AN EXPOSURE OF TREMOLITIC MARBLE IN A NEARLY RAILROAD CUT CONTAINS SMALL FLAKES OF TALC, WHICH WAS THE BASIS FOR INITIAL CORE DRILLING ON THE PROPERTY.

Comments on development

  • OVER 2,600 LINEAR FEET OF CORE DRILLING WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY. THIS DRILLING WAS IMPORTANT TO SUBDIVISION OF THE MURPHY MARBLE FORMATION, INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY IN LOCATING THE TALC-BEARING ZONE WITHIN THE FORMATION.

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.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1945-1946

Reporter information

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

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