Ruth Mine

The Ruth Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Ruth Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 34.46611, -112.48778

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Mine Description

The Ruth deposit, on Indian Creek, 3/4 mile north of Hassayampa Creek, is opened by a 300-foot shaft. It has yielded some gold, but its later production, which was made in 1911-1913, 1916, and 1926, has been chiefly lead, zinc, and silver ore and concentrates. This vein occurs in Bradshaw granite which, near the walls, is schistose, soft, probably sericitized, and impregnated with tourmaline and pyrite.

The vein dips steeply eastward. It consists of coarse-grained milky quartz, with narrow seams of pyrite, ankerite, and tourmaline. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite occur as irregular bunches and streaks in the quartz.

Abstracted from Lindgren, work cited, p. 116.

Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967

Ruth Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ruth Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Hassayampa District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: B. N. Meacham
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Arizona California Mining Co


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Granodiorite Rather Massive

Type: L
Description: Veins Trend N30w


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Sericite


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES: 55 % PB, 30 OZ. AG/TON


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Unknown: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002960 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE. ORE SHOOTS RUN 10-40 FT LONG AND 2-15 FT THICK.

Comment (Production): MINED 4000 ST.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 116.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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