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Russell Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026493
MRDS ID K005165
Record type Site
Current site name Russell Mine
Related records 10256439, 10296828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.0245, 35.50121 (WGS84)
Relative position 12.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROY AND 2.5 MILES NORTH OF ELDORADO.

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

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM STROMQUIST AND HENDERSON, 1985

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic, Chloritic, Calcitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Tillery Formation
    Rock description Tillery Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.0245, 35.50121
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Reverse Faults And Assymetric Folds Overturned To The East

Ore body information

  • General form SIX TABULAR ZONES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Layers And Ne-Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONES ARE GRAY, SILICEOUS AND SERICITIC REPLACEMENT ZONES IN ARGILLITE. PYRITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE ZONE. THE ZONES OF PHYLLITE CONTAIN TINY CUBES OF PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE CONCENTRATED BOTH ALONG THE FOLIATION AND PARALLEL TO BEDDING. CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS IN MINOR AMOUNTS. THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRAY, BEDDED ARGILLITE WHICH OFTEN HAS ZONES OF PYRITE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING. SIX OF THE MINERALIZED ZONES ARE CONCENTRATED OVER AN AREA 2,000 FT. WIDE AND ARE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE STRIKE OF THE ARGILLITE.uIN DRILL CORE, ALTERATION CONTAINS ABUNDANT REPLACMENTD BY FINED GRAINEDuCALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTS TOTAL PRODUCTION ATE $750,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LARGEST PIT IS 300 FT. LONG, 150 FT. WIDE AND 60 FT. DEEP. NUMEROUS SMALLER PITS AND TRENCHES ARE ALONG A RIDGE 200 FT. WEST OF THE LARGEST PIT. WORKINGS ARE OVERGROWN AND LARGE TREES HAVE GROWN IN THE "BIG CUT".

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED BY A SERIES OF PITS AND SHAFTS AIMED AT DEVELOPING SIX NORTHEAST-TRENDING PARALLEL ORE ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic 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.

  • Production

    UNPUBULISHED REPORT BY LEO VON ROSENBURG, NOV. 17, 1986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Mcdaniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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