Mine detail: Russell Mine

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Location: Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.50121, -80.0245
dep_id: 10026493
mrds_id: K005165
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein And Replacement
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Sericite
orebody_fm: SIX TABULAR ZONES
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration: Silicic, Sericitic, Chloritic, Calcitic
conc_proc: Stratabound And Epigenetic Sulfide Deposition
ore_ctrl: Favorable Layers And Ne-Trending Faults
Reporter: Mcdaniel, Ronald D., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Tillery Formation
hrock_type: Argillite
Structure: Ne-Trending Folds, High Angle Reverse Faults And Assymetric Folds Overturned To The East
Year first produced: 1882
disc_yr: 1882
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.
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