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Ruth

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Cobalt, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010086
MRDS ID D003567
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.29593, 37.52674 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericktown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 033N 007E 20 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bonneterre
    Rock description Bonneterre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.29593, 37.52674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sims Mountain Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE RUTH MINE EXPOSED MINABLE ORE WHERE THE BONNETERRE IS RESTING DIRECTLY ON PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS ROCK, BUT THE LAMOTTE PINCH-OUT LINE IS ONLY 25 FEET AWAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fredericktown, Southeast Missouri

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., BROCK, M.R., JOLLY, J.L., AND WELLS, C.E., 1965 , REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 1202-B, P. B1-B20.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, JACK A., 1949 , GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE FREDERICKTOWN AREA, MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPT., INV. NO. 8 , 25 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECTION NUMBER INFERRED ACROSS LAND GRANT BOUNDARIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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