Deep Ruth

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223371
MAS/MILS ID 0320330285
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Ruth

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.97727, 39.26574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 062 E 10 NWNESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.97727, 39.26574

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEV MINE OPERATIONS, 1977, OFFICE OF THE

  • Deposit

    NEV STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, P.54, KENNECOTT COPPER CORP.

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, NEV.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATION, 6541, 1964, P.5-20

  • Deposit

    USGS RUTH 7.5 MIN. QUAD SHOWS MINE LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-88 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.