The Ruth Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,639 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.29056, -108.74222
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Ruth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. M. Reynolds
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Leonardo Rochin
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE LORDSBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 900 FT. OF DRIFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL 39, 183P.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 107
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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