Russel Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256439
MRDS ID K005165
MAS/MILS ID 0371230026
Record type Site
Current site name Russel Mine
Alternate or previous names Russell Mine
Related records 10026493, 10296828

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.02308, 35.5026 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Uwharrie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.02308, 35.5026

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P ALBERT, 1976, NC DEPT NAT AND ECON

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES BULL 84, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    BRYSON, HERMAN J., 1936, NC DEPT OF CONS AND DEVEL BULL 38,

  • Deposit

    PP. 72-73.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J T & PARK, JR., C F, 1948, USGS PROF PAPER 213, P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY THE SAME MINE AS MAS SEQ#0371230037/RUSSELL MINE. BOTH MINES ARE LISTED UNDER USGS/GSC K005165.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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