Section 6 Talc Prospect

Occurrence in Cherokee county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272413
MRDS ID K002621
MAS/MILS ID 0370390031
Record type Site
Current site name Section 6 Talc Prospect
Related records 10026140

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.026, 35.10201 (WGS84)
Elevation 482

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
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.026, 35.10201

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K002621.

  • Deposit

    VAN HORN, EARL C, 1948, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 56, P 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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