| Location: | Franklin County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.20008, -78.01639 |
| dep_id: | 10084226 |
| mrds_id: | W101429 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Vein |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Epidote, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | SHALLOW-DIPPING STOCKWORK ZONE |
| work_type: | Surface |
| alteration: | Epidote, Sericite, Potash Feldspar, Biotite |
| conc_proc: | Veins Filling Post-Emplacement Fractures Near The Contacts Of A Quartz Diorite Sill. |
| ore_ctrl: | Quartz Veins And Stockworks |
| Reporter: | Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_type: | Diorite |
| Year first produced: | 1835 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1936 |
| disc_yr: | 1835 |
| prod_yrs: | 1835-1850, 1880-1890, 1930-1936 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: HITZE HANNA, 1896; PARDEE PARKS, 1948, P.73-74; PARDEE, J.T. AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213. P. 73-74; WALTMAN, M.R., 1985, THE PETROLOGY AND ORE HORIZON AND ORE PARAGENESIS AT THE PORTIS GOLD MINE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL, 147 P.; CORBITT, C.L., 1987, PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE METASEDIMENTARY/METAVOLCANIC HOST ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED GOLD DEPSOSITS AT THE PORTIS GOLD MINE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY-RALEIGH
- Production:: LUTTRELL, 1976, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152
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