Ruth Claims

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045255
MRDS ID M232950
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Claims
Alternate or previous names Ruth, Fannie and Rodcyt Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76898, 39.70381 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 046E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALONGSIDE HIGHWAY 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Quartz-Biotite Granite
    Rock description Quartz-Biotite Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pagonip Group
    Rock description Pagonip Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.76898, 39.70381

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Aureole

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer Schroeder

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • A COUPLE OF SMALL SLUMPED SURFACE PITS, 2 SO' TRENCH AND PERHAPS 900 SQ FT OF STRIPPING BY DOZING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEEL, C.P., 19778 UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON RUTH CLAIMS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: TINGLEY FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVAL SHAPED ROOF PENDANT OF CONTOURED THIN-BEDDED SILTY COMBRIAN LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY GRANITE. TACTITE, COMPRISED OF DARK CRYSTALLINE GARNET, QUARTZ, PYROXENE, AND EPIDOTE, OCCURS IRREGULARLY ALONG THE INTRUSIVE-LIMESTONE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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