A Petrographic Analysis of Soapstone in the American Southeast
Elliott indicates that soapstone bowl quarries are found in South Carolina and Alabama, as well. In addition, he provides a map of soapstone 3). Truncer (2 004) also PAGE 49 49 provides a map (Figure 5 4) of soapstone quarries and outcrops in the Appalachians, which shows the high frequency of soapstone quarries nearby the Spartanburg, SC region.