Ruth Mine

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

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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.