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Rutty Group

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095702
MRDS ID M233132
Record type Site
Current site name Rutty Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.34956, 38.26049 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moho Mountain(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 05N 33E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MI N OF MARIETTA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dunlap
    Rock description Dunlap
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.34956, 38.26049
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Joe Rutty, Marietta, Nevada

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2743.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLUDES 9 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.58

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6941, 79P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL MUNCHY ORE BODIES OCCUR IN FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE, VALUES CHIEFLY IN GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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