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Sodom Soapstone Mine

Past Producer in Madison 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102241
MRDS ID K000032
Record type Site
Current site name Sodom Soapstone Mine
Related records 10223677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.69208, 35.89537 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOAPSTONE USED FOR HEARTH STONES, CUT INTO TALC PENCILS & GROUND INTO POWDER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.69208, 35.89537
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NOT CHECKED FOR SCHEELITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madison County Soapstone District

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

  • ONE SHAFT 80 TO 90 FEET DEEP, DRIFT 25 FEET EACH WAY FROM SHAFT

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

    1971 RECON NC DEPT. CONS. & DEV

Reporter information

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

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