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Talc from
Serpentinite quarry, Chämleten (Kemmleten), Hospental, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Serpentinite quarry, Chämleten (Kemmleten), Hospental, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363818
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363818:7
GUID (UUID V4):42939036-0195-43a9-b02d-f25eb475458a
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
1.6km (1.0 miles) Gigenstafel, St Annabach, Hospental, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
15.6km (9.7 miles) Gere Valley (Geren Valley), Gere (Geren), Oberwald, Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
18.4km (11.5 miles) Pizzo di Röd, Fusio, Lavizzara, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
22.5km (14.0 miles) Maderanertal, Silenen, Uri, Switzerland
23.0km (14.3 miles) Scaleglia (Ragisch), Mompé Medel, Disentis, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
25.1km (15.6 miles) Piano dei Camosci (Pian dei Camosci), Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
25.3km (15.7 miles) Morasco area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
26.2km (16.3 miles) Pizzo del Costone (Punta del Costone), Ban Group, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
30.1km (18.7 miles) Olivone, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland
30.3km (18.8 miles) Sruer Lake, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
solutions derived from guano. In talc schists associated with serpentinite. As a fracture-localized alteration...pegmatite. Association: Brushite, calcite (caves); talc, serpentine (schists); montebrasite, crandallite...Distribution: From Chämleten (Kemmleten), near Hospental, Uri, Switzerland. In the Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg...Ossola, Italy. In the USA, in the Verde Antique quarry, Holly Springs, Cherokee Co., Georgia; from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rose fluorite and quartz, Goscheneralp, Canton Uri. Fluorite octahedron about 8 mm across. Private collection...CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures...particular sulfosalt minerals from the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal-which, at least in part, are still valid...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding
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minerals Article Origin of Talc and Fe-Ti-V Mineralization in the Kletno Deposit (the Śnieżnik Massif...ppm V in bulk rock) and ornamental- to gem-quality talc prospect at the southwest margin of this deposit...schists, which, along with talc, envelopes a tectonic slice of serpentinite. Hornblendites are interpreted...gabbros and formation of the dolomite veins, whereas talc formed due to Si-rich fluids, possibly derived from...intrusion, interaction with serpentinite, or due to the metasomatism of the serpentinite–gabbro assemblage. Moreover
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deposit (Middle Urals), nephrite bodies of the serpentinite type were found on the contact of after gabbro...quality of the nephrite is decreased by serpentine and talc, as well as by fractures due to drilling and blasting...© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...endogenous geological–industrial types: serpentinite type (after serpentinite metasomatites at ophiolites) and...Khamar–Khudinskoye, and Ulan– Khodinskoye deposits of serpentinite type nephrite and Kavoktinskoye, Golyubinskoye
Report (issue)
March 1951 TALC INVESTIGATIONS IN VERM10NT PRELIMINARY REPORT By A. H. Chidester, M.P. Billings and...• . . • . . • . . . . • • • • • • • . 1 Uses of talc ...••....•••••• ~ . • • • • . • • • • • • • • •...• . • • . . • • 3 Geographic distribution of the talc deposits •.......•..•••••...•••.•..•.• 3 Geology-........ 7 Talc reserve~. • • • . . . • . . . • • . . . • . . • . . • • • • • • • • . • 8 Talc deposits......••..•.. ~ .•.•.•... 14 The Montgomery Center talc Prospect locality 5 •..••......•.••..•...•...••
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article An Integrated Study of the Serpentinite-Hosted Hydrothermal System in the Pollino Massif... Abstract: A comprehensive study of the serpentinite and associated veins belonging to the Frido...amphiboles, pyroxene, chlorite, titanite, magnetite, and talc. In some samples, hydro-garnet was also detected...amounts of CO2 [27,28]. Carbonates, usually as serpentinite matrix and/or vein infill within an extensive...Frido Unit [47] is represented by tectonized serpentinite [48–51], metabasalt [52], metagabbro, metapillow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/journal/geosciences Article Verde Macael: A Serpentinite Wrongly Referred to as a Marble Rafael Navarro...comparison of properties of the Verde Macael serpentinite with a true marble in the hope of contributing...sector. Geosciences 2013, 3 103 Keywords: Serpentinite; Verde Macael; natural stone; carbonate replacement;...can also contain other accessory minerals such as talc, chlorite, magnetite, carbonates and sulfides, as...when it is used as a construction material. Serpentinite has been used throughout the history of civilizations
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CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland b Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland c Department...on fluid chemistry. In Alpine ophiolites, many serpentinite bodies are believed to record processes analogous...the basaltic dikes and flows are missing. The serpentinite basement contains small amounts of calcite veins...mineralogy of the serpentinites has shown that the serpentinite and ophicalcite outcrops in some of the quarries...systematically sampled from deeper zones within the quarry, from the shear zones and from the top of the quarries
Report (issue)
.................... 4B: Details of Bear Creek Quarry area ............................................in El Dorado and Plumas Counties that contain serpentinite and ultramafic rocks as part of an experiment...exposures of serpentine and tremolite-actinolite/talc in areas with up to 70 percent vegetation cover...may be more serpentine and tremolite-actinolite/talc present than is shown on the mineral maps. It also...tremolite-actinolite from talc using AVIRIS. Serpentine has been detected outside of known serpentinite outcrop areas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METAMORPHIC DIFFERENTIATION AT CONTACTS BETWEEN SERPENTINITE AND SILICEOUS COUNTRY ROCKS A. H. PnrruPS AND...Differentiation. . .. .. Lower Temperature Types Serpentinite Belt north of Thetford Mines, Quebec . . . Fligher...Temperature Types Vermont Mineral Products Company Quarry, Chester, Vt.. . Holden SoapstoneQuarry southeast...Conclusions Concerning Metamorphic Difierentiation at Serpentinite-Country ,, Contacts. Acknowledgments. . . 353...serpentine. Lodochnikov2 has suggestedthe term "serpentinite" for such intrusions, since the serpentine is
Report (issue)
their alteration products-serpentinite, chrysotile asbestos, steatite, talc-carbonate rock, and carbo...and associated rocks-Continued Igneous rocks, serpentinite, and veins-Continued Mineralogy and paragenesis-Continued...---------------------41 Graphite ------------------------Steatite, talc-carbonate rock, and carbonate41 quartz rock ---...----41 Steatite -----------------------------42 Talc-carbonate rock -----------------43 Carbonate-quartz...---------------43 Mineralogy and paragenesis ---------43 Talc ----------------------------43 Carbonate ----------------------43
Report (issue)
Resources Consultative Committee Mineral Dossier No 10 Talc Compiled by D E Highley, BSc, MIMM, C Eng. Mineral...Sand and Gravel Tungsten Celestite Salt Sulphur Tin Talc Preface The Mineral Resources Consultative Committee...other United Kingdom suppliers and consumers of talc for their assistance. lvletric units are employed...Industry 22 References 23 Illustrations Fig 1 Talc localities in Scotland 7 Fig 2 Distribution of...the island of Unst in the Shetlands 8 Summary Talc is a hydrated magnesium silicate with the formula
Report (volume)
Serpentinite and Rodingite in the Hunting Hill Quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland By DAVID M. LARRABEE...BULLETIN 1283 Description of rocks exposed in the quarry near the center of the Hunting Hill ultramafite...showing distribution of rocks in the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md ____ In pocket...pocket 2. Geologic map of the Hunting Hill serpentinite quarry __ In pocket 1. Index map showing location...location of the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md______________ 3 2. Photograph of the
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TALC RESOURCES OF THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES By...the U.S. Government. 1995 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Talc Resources of the conterminous United States Contents............................................8 Talc and talc-bearing rocks ................................optical properties of talc .........................10 Geology and Genesis of Talc Deposits .................................................12 Uses for talc ...............................................
Report (volume)
Antigorite-chlorite rock___________-_-_-_-____-____ B-42 Talc-carbonate rock----_-________-_-_-_-________-__ 42...resources________________-_-______-_-_-_-_----_______ 70 Talc._____--_.____-__-__________-_---_-_-_-_-----_---------__...plutonic rocks, such as dunite, peridotite, and serpentinite, probably of Late Ordovician age; sills and...rocks, and steatitization and carbonatization of serpentinite. Contact metamorphism has formed rocks of the...present production is from the Lowell quarry and from the C-area quarry. The principal physical exploration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
capacity (CEC) Barasym 214 chlorite, from veins in serpentinite 263 Entisol, from hydrothermally altered basalt...smectite 284, 432, 530 vermiculite, from veins in serpentinite 263 CEC (see Cation-exchange capacity) Celadonite... 480 cacoxenite 419 chlorite, from veins in serpentinite 263 chlorite, Salton Sea geothermal field, XRF...Li-containing 39 vermiculite, from veins in serpentinite 263 vermiculite, from weathered granodiorite...chemical composition 39 weathering of, in veins in serpentinite 263 XRD, unit-cell parameters 193 Chromate Adsorption
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 84, 1989, pp. 1444-1451 GOLD IN SWITZERLAND FELICEC. JAFFfZ Departmentof Mineralogy,Universityof...Geneva,13, rue desMaraœchers, 1211 Geneva4, Switzerland Introduction The main purpose of this communicationis...detailnumerous similar occurrences in eastern Switzerland and has discussed in detail their originand...beginningof the 19th Numeroussmallore depositsoccurin Switzerland, many of which have been mined on a smallscalein...Ultrabasic, mainly talc-serpentine-bearingrocks, occur as small and S Serpentinite heavilyshearedlenses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland E-mail: frueh-green@erdw.ethz.ch E LEMENTS ...serpentinization gabbroic rocks peridotite serpentinite Conceptual models of tectonomagmatic and alteration...interspersed with serpentinized peridotite—extensive talc–amphibole–chlorite metasomatism and heterogeneous...presence of mechanically weak minerals, such as talc, serpentine, and chlorite, may be critical to the...during seafloor spreading (Escartín et al. 2003). Talc in particular might be influential in lubricating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December, 1955 Zoned Hydrothermal Bodies in the Serpentinite Mass of Glen Urquhart (Inverness-shire)# By...visible or inferred mineral zoning occur in the serpentinite mass in Glen Urquhart. Their mineralogy and...of " ultrabasic magmas ". INTRODUCTION T HE serpentinite mass in Glen Urquhart is a pod-shaped intrusion...permeating type producing amphibole-, chlorite-, and talc-rich serpentinites at or near the margins of the...mass. These altered rocks grade off into normal serpentinite and are not in discrete bodies. They are described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pseudomorphous after analcime, 245, 5o9, and M49; Switzerland and Japan, sector structure, opt., I.R., 453...microscopy, 453; -and ZUSSMAN (J.), The unit cell of talc, IO7 Alabandine, I.R. spectrum, 277 and MI7 ALABASTER(C... Deweylite, a mixture of hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, 75 Bismuthinite, I.R. spectrum, 277...geochemistry of loveringite, 187 Cannington Park quarry, Somerset, djurleite, 172; durangite, 172; milarite... see EGGLETON (R. A.), 361 and M37 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, danburite, I7I Chernovite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and, as yet, untested approach is to analyze serpentinite and metabasite rocks containing asbestos using...the in situ rapid chemical discrimination of serpentinite and metabasite rocks. The characterization of...asbestos. However, asbestos fibers can be hosted in serpentinite or metabasite rocks whose outcrops are known...purposes. For example, ever since antiquity serpentinite and metabasite have been used as building materials...toxic elements (e.g., Cr, Ni) [27,28], indeed serpentinite and metabasite derived soils are usually rich
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comprises the Dzhida (southwestern Transbaikalia), Uri-Gol, and Egiyn-Gol (Northern Mongolia) catchments...metapyroxenites, metagabbro, serpentine carbonate and talc carbonate rocks, and altered gabbro and pyroxenites...Northern Mongolia (F4 in Fig. 1, B). 1 — Narmandal serpentinite melange with exotic blocks of pyroxenite (a)...Metaperidotites from Hasurtyi Block and Narmandal Serpentinite Melange Component 1 2 3 4 5 SiO2 38.6...1985 2300 2200 2300 Note. 1, 2 — Narmandal serpentinite melange; 3–5 — Hasurtyi block. Dash means not
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epidote, hornblende, diopsite, 427 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, danburite, 171; durangite, I72 Chycornish...Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, 427 Dean quarry, The Lizard, djurle'ite, I72; analcime, adularia...penwithite (= neotocite), 279 and M26 Devon Meldon quarry, Okehampton, greenovite, 172; priceite, 175 Ramsley...Cannington Park quarry, djurlei'te, I72 Combe Farm quarry, Henbury, wulfenite, 298 Merehead quarry, Shepton... serpentine, orthopyroxene, augite, hornblende, talc, saussurite, 69 Portnoo, Donegal, zincian hercynite
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magnesium hydrosilicates, such as talc or serpentinite. Mixing of talc with a solution of sodium polyphosphate...obtain high-strength materials [31]. Adding the serpentinite to the composition of magnesia cement increases...the gel-phase C–S–H [22]. The applied limestone quarry dust acts as filler, reacting with the products...cement hydration to form calcium bicarbonate. Basalt quarry dust is not only filler, but also a pozzolanic...is 6.0–6.5 (Mohs scale), for nephrite containing talc and serpentine it is up to 5.5. The main properties
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  Abstract: In talc-magnesite veins in serpentinite near Muránska Dlhá Lúka (MDL), Slovakia...concentrations. The Sr content reflects the host-rock serpentinite composition. Fluids for its crystallization...contain isolated bodies of serpentinite with talc. The formation of talc zone and associated minerals...from Muránska Dlhá Lúka occurs in talc-magnesite veins in the serpentinite body which can relate to the fluid... and A talc and serpentinite as a the Superunit crystalline basement [29] (Figure 1). A talc serpentinite
 
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