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Ruth Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072049
MRDS ID W015871
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Claim
Alternate or previous names Allie Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2797, 44.4558 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position .5 MI W OF GILMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 027E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PLOT IS AN APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Dolomite, Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone, Dolomite, Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2797, 44.4558
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR BUNCHES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Texas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE NOT IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 528, 182 P

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY, BULL 52

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-02-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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