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Rutty Group?

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037470
MRDS ID M035355
Record type Site
Current site name Rutty Group?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31539, 38.25465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position SOUTH FLANK EXCELSIOR MTNS. 1.5 MI. NE OF MARIETTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moho Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCALE OF ADITS KNOWN AS RUTTY GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31539, 38.25465
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL AND BUNCHY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Cross Fractures In Lmst

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Joe Rutty

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. ACCORDING TO VANDERBURG ( F 1 ) CONSIDERABLE LOW GRADE ORE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY HAND ON THIS PROPERTY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS DRIVEN AT VARIOUS ELEVATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV., USBM INFO CIRCULAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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