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Definition of Soaprock
1. Noun. A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soaprock
Literary usage of Soaprock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Report on Monroe County, Michigan by William Hittell Sherzer (1900)
"1000 WAT 592, which shows 0-25 feet, grindstone, then soaprock. etc., at 80 feet
brine In 3 feet of sandstone, at 95 feet soap rock. ..."
2. The Ore Deposits of the United States by James Furman Kemp (1893)
"The favorite one is the so- called soaprock, an altered igneous intrusion that
is chiefly in dikes. Beds of jasper seem to play the same r61e. ..."
3. The Ore Deposits of the United States by James Furman Kemp (1893)
"The favorite one is the so- called soaprock, an altered igneous intrusion that
is chiefly in dikes. Beds of jasper seem to play the same ..."
4. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arthur Amos Noyes, William Albert Noyes (1898)
"They invariably rest upon an impervious substratum, usually of soaprock, ...
soaprock by greenstone dikes has favored the concentration of the ore. ..."
5. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1855)
"He therefore determined to set out for Cornwall upon the forlorn hope of discovering
a vein of soaprock. The operations would be most expensive and ..."
6. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1898)
"They invariably rest upon an impervious substratum, usually of soaprock, and the
convergence of the downward-flowing waters determined by pitching synclines ..."
7. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1855)
"He therefore determined to set out for Cornwall upon the forlorn hope of discovering
a vein of soaprock. The operations would be most expensive and ..."
8. Economic Mining: A Practical Handbook for the Miner, the Metallurgist and by Charles George Warnford Lock (1895)
"... of a quartzite con glomerate (the base of the L pper Marquette) and the
ore-bearing formation; (ft) on soaprock, which grades into massive diorite; ..."
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