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Ruth Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046881
MRDS ID M242106
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.04927, 38.13104 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 03N 35E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROVIDELY TO HARD TURQUOISE OCCURS IN THIN TO 2 INCH WIDE VEINLETS AND AS MODULES IN BRECCIA AND AS SURFACE. COATINGS IN THE GOUGE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruth And Clyde Portman
    Home office 13808 Eldridge Ave, Sylmar, Ca. 91432
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, ADITS, CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG. 6, 1982)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITE CONSISTS OF NE TRENDING GOUGE ZONE, STEEPLY DIPPING NW, AT LEAST 10 FT. WIDE.
Deposit HOST ROCK SHOWS STOCK WORK VEINING ABUNDANT, QUART VEINS AND STRINGERS EXPOSED, SURFACE ROCKS BLEACHED AND ROUKY. FE STAINING IN GOUGE ZONE, AND SOME LIMONITE STAINING. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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