Mine detail: Portis Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.20008, -78.01639

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Biotite, Epidote, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite
Orebody form: SHALLOW-DIPPING STOCKWORK ZONE
Discovery year: 1835

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1835-1850, 1880-1890, 1930-1936
First production started: 1835
Last production ended: 1936

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Epidote, Sericite, Potash Feldspar, Biotite

References

MRDSW101429
DEP10084226
Reference{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M.R., 1985, THE PETROLOGY AND ORE HORIZON AND ORE PARAGENESIS AT THE PORTIS GOLD MINE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL, 147 P.; CORBITT, C.L., 1987, PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE METASEDIMENTARY/METAVOLCANIC HOST ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED GOLD DEPSOSITS AT THE PORTIS GOLD MINE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY-RALEIGH}{Production:: LUTTRELL, 1976, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152}
ReporterWhitlow, S., Klein, T.L.