Mine detail: Millis Hill Mine

Previously called 'Willis Hill Mine'

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Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.99703, -79.82755
dep_id: 10098195
mrds_id: K005071
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Gold
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Carbonate, Chlorite, Sericite
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins In Shear Zone
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Shear Zones
Year first produced: 1856
disc_yr: 1856
References:
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J. T., AND PARK, C. F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156 P.
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