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Ruth Mine

Past Producer in Goochland county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079871
MRDS ID W030618
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.12694, 37.77922 (WGS84)
Elevation 62
Relative position 2.7 MI (4.4 KM) NE OF COLUMBIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goochland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Willis(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Goochland

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG AND ON BOTH SIDES OF A STREAM FLOWING SOUTHWARD AND NEAR ITS CONFLUENCE WITH BYRD CREEK, ABOUT 0.65 MI (1.05 KM) NORTH OF STATE ROAD 667 FROM A POINT ABOUT 0.35 MI (0.56 KM) BY ROAD WEST OF ITS CROSSING OVER BYRD CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Alluvium;Arvonia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.12694, 37.77922
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS ARVONIA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Powhatan Mining Co.
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Powhatan Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1935.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, CAVED AND WATER-FILLED PITS AND COVERED DUMP PILES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 48, 68 P.

  • Deposit

    1935 DIREXPL POWHATAN MINING CO., MINED PLACER GOLD.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: LOCATED MINE.

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, MINERAL YEARBOOK, REVIEW OF YEARS: 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM BERTHA AND EDITH MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey

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