Ruth Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10010017
MRDS ID D003362
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Mine
Related records 10199217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.74285, 32.29068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MILES S 26 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S;023S 018W;019W 19;24 CENTER OF W2 (19); CENTER OF E2 (24) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE LORDSBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.74285, 32.29068

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 40 TO 60 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leonardo Rochin
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Reynolds
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 900 FT. OF DRIFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references