Russell Mine

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10216953
MAS/MILS ID 0160030097
Record type Site
Current site name Russell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.6963, 45.15177 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Monument(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 003 W 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS REPORT APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SW OF THE SOUTH PEACOCK MINE, ABOUT 1/2 MILE BELOW TUSSEL RIDGE AND 2 MILES WEST OF WHITE MONUMENT ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF KINNEY CREEK CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.6963, 45.15177

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JAN-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.