The Ruth Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.83611, -115.48583
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Ruth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Sonoran Desert
Physiographic Detail: Spring Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISCONTINOUS LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Ruth Fault To North, Thrust Fault To East Dipping 30 Degrees W, Normal Fault To West Trending 15e With 400 Ft Maximum Displacement. Ore With In This Block
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Dolomitized
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OF 2 CARS SHIPPED IN 1916, ONE CONTAINED 63% PB AND 26 OZ/TON AG, THE SECOND CONTAINED 23% PB AND 16 OZ/TON AG. 1914 SMELTING RECEIPTS SHOW THE FOLLOWING ORE COMPOSITION
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Chert
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA PARALLELS LOCAL BEDDING AND OCCURS 500 FT ABOVE BASE OF BIRDSPRING FORMATION
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDES KIRBY AND JOHN MINES. RECORDED PRODUCTION SINCE 1893 EQUALS 650 TONS OF PB ORE
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 2 TUNNELS, AND 1 LARGE STOPE
Comment (Geology): WULFENITE FOUND IN OPEN FRACTURES; GALENA ASSOCIATED WITH DARK CHERT, FORMING LENSES UP TO 2 FT THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS PP 162, P. 139-140.
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO: NBMG BULL 62, P. 192-196
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J., 1962, NBMG REPORT 2.
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ET.AL, 1965, P. 192
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.
