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Ruth Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043888
MRDS ID M231182
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Mine
Alternate or previous names B. H. and V. Mine, Rainbow Group, Churchill Butte Mine, Ruth No.1 Mine, NBMG Sample Site #4291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.28293, 39.3274 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position SOUTHEAST FLANK, CHURCHILL BUTTE. APPROX. 8 MI SW OF SILVER SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Churchill Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 024E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.28293, 39.3274
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact, Fault-Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED IN SKARN & SILICATED LIMESTONE BEDS 2 TO 6 FT. THICK, NEAR THE GRANITE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years ACTIVE IN EARLY 1940'S

Mining district

District name Churchill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1941-44
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.6 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CAVED ADITS, DOZER-CUTS, PITS & TRENCHES. TUNGSTEN ORE BODIES OCCUR IN FRACTURE ZONES ALONG FAULTS OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT WHICH CUT META-SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. SCHEELITE, THE ORE MINERAL, OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN SKARN. THE RUTH CONSISTS OF TWO SHORT ADITS FROM WHICH A BLOCK OF ORE 50 FEET LONG, 6 FEET HIGH, 15 FEET WIDE WAS MINED THAT AVERAGED 0.4-0.5% WO3. FOUR PITS 1000 FEET NORTH OF MAIN WORKINGS SHOW MINERALIZATION IN 3 OF THEM THAT MAY AVERAGE 0.1-0.2 PERCENT WO3. (JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, P. 76). DOZING HAD NOT EXPOSED ANY NEW ORE-BODIES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LESS THAN $10,000 FROM 400 TONS. (QUADE, 1989)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.C., AND BENSON, W.T., TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA, 1963, U.S.B.M., UNPUBLISHED REPORT FROM NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    MOORE, JAMES, G., GEOL. & MIN. DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA (1969) NBMG BULL. 75.

  • Deposit

    STAGER,H.K. & TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P.111.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE# 4291 VISIT, JULY 6, 1989.

  • Production

    STAGER & TINGLEY, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE # 4291 OF THE LIMITED REMAINING SKARN SHOWED GOOD VISIBLE SCHEELITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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