The Ruth Mine is a copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.25778, -114.97111
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Ruth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth Mine
Secondary: Ruth Pit
Secondary: Deep Ruth Shaft
Secondary: New Ruth Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Rhenium
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson District (Ely, Ruth, Kimberly)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Years: 1978 -
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Production
Year: 1976
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.67 Wt-Pctcu.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, MASSIVE
Structure
Type: R
Description: East-Trending Anticline With Moderate To Gentle Dipping Flanks, Faults, Igneous Intrusions.
Type: L
Description: Radar Ridge, Faults, Fractures. (Mineralization Follows Fractures)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration From Monzonite Intrusion. Ore Bodies Oxidized To Depth Of 100 - 400 Feet
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.7- 0.8% CU FROM OPEN PIT WORKINGS.
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS IN LODE, OTHER MINERALS ARE IN SULFIDES.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SPENCER, 1917, USGS PROF. PAPER 96, P. 157 (1,2).
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT EXTENDS OVER ABOUT 30 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINING BEGAN IN 1968, AFTER UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS. APPROXIMATELY 11,000 FT OF INDERGROUND WORK WAS DONE PRIOR TO 1917.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, W. R., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 32, PP. 55 - 61.
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A. C., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 96, 189 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, 1917
Reference (Production): SPENCER 1917
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.
