Russell Prospect

Occurrence 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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10273790
MRDS ID K005169
MAS/MILS ID 0371230022
Record type Site
Current site name Russell Prospect
Alternate or previous names Russel-Coggins
Related records 10026496, 10224008

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.02668, 35.467 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(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) -80.02668, 35.467

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 3745000mt ore
    Total resources 3745000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.75 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PIEDMONT MINING COMPANY, INC. 1992 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 3.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P ALBERT, 1962, NC DEPT OF NAT AND ECON

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES BULL 84, P. 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-1997 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.