Mine detail: Porter Mine

Previously called 'Pilot Mountain No.1 Mine Carpenter1976Johnson Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.67092, -79.67949

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Tin, Copper
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Hematite, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	POORLY DEFINED NE-TRENDING ZONE
Discovery year:	1886

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stockwork
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Structure:	Ne-Trending Fold, Probably Overturned To The West, Prominant Foliation N 25 E
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Sericitic

References

MRDS	K005196
DEP	10026516
Reference	{Analytical Data:: KLEIN, T.L. AND SCHMIDT, R.G., 1985.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P. KLEIN, T.L. AND SCHMIDT, R.G., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN-FOX MOUNTAIN ALTERATION SYSTEM: IN P.G. FEISS, ED, VOLCANIC-HOSTER GOLD AND HIGH ALUMINA DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, SEG FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, FALL MEETING 1985}
Reporter	Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.