| Deposit ID | 10036473 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025286 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ruth |
| Alternate or previous names | Amalgamated, Lewis & Clark, Part of Shiny Rock Mini |
| Related records | 10225595 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.18755, 44.85203 (WGS84) |
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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 | 008S | 005E | 27 | E | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE REPORTEDLY AVERAGED 7.96 % ZN |
|---|---|
| Result | 1.12 % PB |
| Result | 0.36 % CU |
| Result | 0.03 OZ/TON AU |
| Result | 0.40 OZ/TON AG |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Sardine |
| Rock description | Sardine |
| (1) | -122.18755, 44.85203 |
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| Strike | N 55 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 55-70 NE |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | North Santiam |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Willamette National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Shiney Rock Min. Co. |
| Home office | Mehama, Or. |
| First year | 1981 |
| Year | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1930-1951 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^About 6.5 % Zn | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 45000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 548.64M |
| Overall depth | 134.11M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025286 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410470020 |
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 290
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 126
CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 87
ARMSTRONG, F.C. AND COLLINS, J.J., 1943, ESTIMATES OF RESERVES, RUTH ZINC MINE; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 10 PP.
USGS (1943)
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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