The Ruth-Rattan Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,149 feet.
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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: 2,149 Feet (655 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.09722, -114.44389
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Ruth-Rattan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth-Rattan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Type: L
Description: The Country Rock Exhibits Two Structures Which Are Variable, One Trends N 15 E And Dips Steeply To The East And The Other Trends Ew And Dips Steeply To The North. This Latter Structure Is The Same As That Of The Ore Vein.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorspar
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION IS FOR RUTH SHAFT; RATTAN SHAFT IS 1200 FT TO THE SW.
Comment (Commodity): DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDES, AND WULFENITE
Comment (Production): FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL 1935 FIGURES ARE PRODUCTION DURING DEVELOPMENT WORK. MAY 1935 IS NORMAL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS; RATTAN AND RUTH; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE JAMES HILTON, RATTAN MINING CO, EARL H. DICKIE, RICHARD O. PINNL, H.D. SMITH, OATMAN EASTERN MINING CO, BARCLAY, R.A. BOYLE (1953), LEAD KING MINES
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE SHOOTS THAT WERE DEVELOPED ARE: ON THE 100 FOOT LEVEL, 3 TO 5 FEET WIDE, 86 FEET LONG; 200 FOOT LEVEL, 8 TO 15 FEET WIDE, 150 FEET LONG; ON THE 500 FOOT LEVEL THE VEIN PINCHES TO 2 1/2 FEET WIDE.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT OF 400 FT ON RUTH CLAIM WITH LEVELS AT 100, 300, 400 FT; 100 FT LEVEL CONNECTS WITH 200 FT SHAFT ON RATTAN CLAIM
References
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 172.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 743, 1923, PLATE 1.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 131, 1931, P. 114.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, 1934, P. 80.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): USBM IC 6901 , P. 32
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