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Shelton Soapstone Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102239
MRDS ID K000025
Record type Site
Current site name Shelton Soapstone Mine
Alternate or previous names Laurel Creek Mine
Related records 10296829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.62792, 35.91815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(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 Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.62792, 35.91815
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE AS DISSIMINATED GRAINS, CRYSTALLINE MASSES AND/OR VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madison County Soapstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Georgia Talc Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Glenn (Estate)
    Home office Asheville, Nc.

Comments on the production information

  • DISTRICT PRODUCTION FIRST IN 1868; SECOND PERIOD OF PRODUCTION IN LATE 1930S CONTINUING TILL EARLY 1940S; LAST ACTIVITY 1963 WHEN ATTEMPT TO OPEN MINES FAILED

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 80 FEET DEEP, 100 FEET APART, CONNECTED BY WINZE 80 FEET DEEP. LOWER DRIFTS OF 50 FEET EACH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZEN, E.H., 1971, SOAPSTONE IN MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: MINERALS RESEARCH LAB., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV., JULY PROGRESS REPT., 18 P.

  • Deposit

    WIENER, L.S., AND BENTZEN, E.H., 1972, SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN CERTAIN SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 114

  • Deposit

    BENTZEN AND WIENER, 1972, SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN CERTAIN SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: MINERAL RESOURCES LABORATORY, MARCH 1972 PROGRESS REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1971 RECON NC DEPT CONS & DE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT 40 FEET THICK AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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