The Ruth Claims is a tungsten mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ruth Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth Claims
Secondary: Ruth
Secondary: Fannie and Rodcyt Claim Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Elmer Schroeder
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONGSIDE HIGHWAY 21
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): A COUPLE OF SMALL SLUMPED SURFACE PITS, 2 SO' TRENCH AND PERHAPS 900 SQ FT OF STRIPPING BY DOZING.
References
Reference (Deposit): SEEL, C.P., 19778 UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON RUTH CLAIMS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: TINGLEY FILES
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
