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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 i riMrw<NT 0 roieov >H9 T h K S t . L aWREn C N ^t*tTY Ca n t o n , nuw toak 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 Il K 4?U* Hard T ale, i>61 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. 1' 1 , , ' Araong 11 6 raping I id e n t ify in variou s proportion tre Ro 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, tlo o a o mIn u m i contuinir;,; tu r a 1-0 Ih m t i l e and lo o s II20 than t n t l - g o rite . * to 1 Swvoivphoto.nicrf.'cr-iphn aro eaoiosod . The-Je photogninUa voro l i mad in o*.s-p),ooo polcrlv-rd 11(1,0 with a m agn ification o f fio X. S ep arately nnd together they alio tUn v a riab le fa b r ic arsone tin aov- 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 J-'d c ria k le -fc ld ?->y bo a :t n . A t lc<-st 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 . I id e n t if y no sorp ntlno ( coler,' h) 03 auch and no oluainous c ilia r i t o . C o lo ratio n no*. v< to bo n it* limit bio to sono darkenin'* ( 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