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Ruth Mine

Past Producer in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Silver, Mercury
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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. Alteration
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070364
MRDS ID W013256
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.04665, 42.09772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 10 1/2 MI N.E. OF STREVELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Pine Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015S 029E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE EAST BASE OF THE BLACK PINE RANGE. ON CREST OF A RIDGE BETWEEN MINERAL GULCH AND FIRST LARGE GULLY ON THE S. THAT OPENS TO THE MAIN BLACK PINE BASIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calamine Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Realgar Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Brazer Form.; Limestone
    Rock description Brazer Form.; Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.04665, 42.09772
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEYS, LENSES, PINCHES
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG N
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE STRIKES N 80 DEG W TO N 80 DEG E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Black Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Hills Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 6 CARS OF RICH ZINC CARBONATE ORE MINED DURING WORLD WAR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1931, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY, ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14., 169 P

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 1

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1931, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14, 169 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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