The Ruth is a mine located in Marion county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,559 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,559 Feet (780 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.8522, -122.18640
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Ruth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth
Secondary: Amalgamated
Secondary: Lewis and Clark
Secondary: Old Amalgamated
Secondary: Ruth Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Marion
District: North Santiam
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Shiny Rock Mining Co.
Company ID: 3502692
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE RESERVES TABULATED HEREIN ARE TAKEN FROM 1943 USBM WAR MINERAL MEMORANDUM USING TONNAGE FACTOR OF 12 CUBIC FT.PER TON, MINIMUM SHOOT LENGTH OF 20 FT. & ZINC COTOFF GRADE OF 4 PERCENT. DETAILED ASSAY DATA ON COPPER, GOLD, SILVER NOT AVAILABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 893, 1938, P. 87.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1952, P. 126
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 290.
Oregon Gold
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