The Ruth is a zinc, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Marion county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.85222, -122.18639
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Ruth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth
Secondary: Amalgamated
Secondary: Lewis & Clark
Secondary: Part of Shiny Rock Mini
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Marion
District: North Santiam
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.
Administrative Organization: Willamette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Shiney Rock Min. Co.
Home Office: Mehama, Or.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1930-1951
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 6.5 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.40 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 0.03 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 0.36 % CU
Analytical Data: 1.12 % PB
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTEDLY AVERAGED 7.96 % ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Development): AREA CURRENTLY BEING EXPLORED FOR PORPHYRY COPPER (1981)
Comment (Workings): OVER 4000 FEET OF WORKINGS ON FIVE LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 290
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 126
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 87
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, F.C. AND COLLINS, J.J., 1943, ESTIMATES OF RESERVES, RUTH ZINC MINE; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 10 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): USGS (1943)
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