| Deposit ID | 10225595 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025286 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0410470020 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ruth Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ruth, Amalgamated, Lewis and Clark, Old Amalgamated |
| Related records | 10036473 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.18756, 44.85201 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 780 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Marion(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Battle Ax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
North Santiam River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Santiam(hydrologic unit)
Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)
Willamette(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Willamette National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Marion |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008 S | 005 E | 27 | SWNW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -122.18756, 44.85201 |
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| Strike | N55W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 60N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 355M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 20M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 16HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Year of first production | 1930 |
| District name | North Santiam |
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| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Shiny Rock Mining Co. |
| ID | 3502692 |
| Home office | Oregon |
| Year | 1979 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410470020 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025286 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 3502692 |
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 893, 1938, P. 87.
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1952, P. 126
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 290.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-AUG-1992 | Hull, D.A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 04/22/1991 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 3502692 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Ruth Mine & Mill |
| Current operator | Shiny Rock Mining Corp |
| Current controller (parent) | Atiyeh George |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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