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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV)
DATE: 1963 June 3
DOC#: RTV305 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Gourverner Talc Co. RE Examination of Talc Core Samples
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June 3* 1963
3Vf. R , S . J to ttA la n ' Gouverneur Tlc Ccapwvy
G ouverneur, Kew T w k
Dear Bob,
I bava eafr.lnsd under the raleroocope the 3 cor pfnplW
(D H (?3, L B T ile , b 0 9 4 a 9 '; D 1! /D S o ft 1. B Talc, 'l0ti*-L09*} d
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1 3 d t h o 3 bulk .-.pUs (V .T ,f5 Hard
Tale; W. T. i i , Gaft Talc; and'W. T tft, L . U) fresa th s Western
Talc p roperty. Thun a;,-p i" ), vora .vxvju ?d by tho i/satrsio n o il
rrethod and li of the* oro iilic<*d on mountiid lo ffi.'ilco thin isect.iona.
tho n>-cull od b B or** both in tho coi*.- and bulk svuaploa is too fin e ly
eomMnuted to iwki th in e srliaiv j.
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l l i o , t a l c , tirbonat*, {d n lu a ltn ? ), Hid .< * <*uArt3 . A f i f t h mLoeral,
I I m in c lin e d to c o ll a n t l go r i i to t a l c W ranae i t looks th e high o iro -
frlricuneo of tu ie siri it too highly b irn frin g m it fo r w itigorlU , Title
uluor.Vl ra.iy be a m iro d -ln y cr ciai'.jj.f.tion o f a M ig o rita and t i l e o r u,
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e r a l et'.n?l 3 iu,d tho variation.* in, min'-?! com position. hr-an,* Uioso
photograph's and in the o liiir s g*r/'r a l l y o v o ll developed f i l i a t i o n
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variation In minoralo^/
. oorroeportdi, to there s t roc tu v s . T / f .o lit o 1 boot devulopod in
m icrofold coro and t lo i t In st dovolopcd along f o l i a .
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( tin tin g ) o f the t e le m ire re i, proVrdily d '.0 to " a a t ig o r it it a t io n " o r sesso hydration.
Ky petrograp hic err 3 1nati on in.Ur.nton tho oro body v,;.n fornivi by the r e p la c r ta n t of dol'-'.d *> by i*lc, t r r w l H o , w i itig o r lt i c - t c ilc . 'Ti']i.tc\soi.'j f e l l a v 171 minuto crlrle-X oJiU in d icato d ofom atlon in vtica the bcOy uj iiub,]ftci to h a ir. Ic ic a , the oro c a y vary con lid o ra b ly in trir.o ra lc ry lit 3 dir. .1m iro dependent upon
tho nusgr.itvxVs o f the nippobl,*! ).*h r i \ o t u ^ i l l o f the ftu p iin contain