| Deposit ID | 10040617 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055463 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ruja Mine |
| Related records | 10184010 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.93349, 41.86488 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 15 MILES WEST OF MCDERMITT, NEV. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jordan Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 047N | 037E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -117.93349, 41.86488 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Reg.Struct: Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ruja Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1970 |
| District name | Opalite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Great American Minerals Co. And Crofoot Mining Co. |
| First year | 1970 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. C. Crofoot, Jr. And Great American Industries, Inc. |
| Home office | Box 31, Mc Dermitt, 89421. Vincent Pacheco |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055463 |
RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEV-ORE; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT 76-535.
TINGLEY, J.V., 1970, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE RUJA MINE: ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, .
SPRINGER, H. E., 1971, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1971: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 21 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 4 UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS AND ONE FRACTIONAL CLAIM IN 1970, THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED BY GREAT AMERICAN MINERALS CO. WHO HAD GIVEN OPERATING RIGHTS TO THE CROFOOT MINING CO. THE MINE OPERATED AS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THESE TWO COMPANIES AS RUJA MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | 4 UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Gassaway, Judith S. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1981 | Lapointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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