Ruth Mine

The Ruth Mine is a tungsten mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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

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Site Name

Primary: Ruth Mine
Secondary: B. H. and V. Mine
Secondary: Rainbow Group
Secondary: Churchill Butte Mine
Secondary: Ruth No.1 Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #4291

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Churchill 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1941-44
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.6 Percent Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE # 4291 OF THE LIMITED REMAINING SKARN SHOWED GOOD VISIBLE SCHEELITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL CAVED ADITS, DOZER-CUTS, PITS & TRENCHES. TUNGSTEN ORE BODIES OCCUR IN FRACTURE ZONES ALONG FAULTS OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT WHICH CUT META-SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. SCHEELITE, THE ORE MINERAL, OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN SKARN. THE RUTH CONSISTS OF TWO SHORT ADITS FROM WHICH A BLOCK OF ORE 50 FEET LONG, 6 FEET HIGH, 15 FEET WIDE WAS MINED THAT AVERAGED 0.4-0.5% WO3. FOUR PITS 1000 FEET NORTH OF MAIN WORKINGS SHOW MINERALIZATION IN 3 OF THEM THAT MAY AVERAGE 0.1-0.2 PERCENT WO3. (JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, P. 76). DOZING HAD NOT EXPOSED ANY NEW ORE-BODIES.

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED IN SKARN & SILICATED LIMESTONE BEDS 2 TO 6 FT. THICK, NEAR THE GRANITE CONTACT.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: LESS THAN $10,000 FROM 400 TONS. (QUADE, 1989)

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C., AND BENSON, W.T., TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA, 1963, U.S.B.M., UNPUBLISHED REPORT FROM NBMG FILES

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JAMES, G., GEOL. & MIN. DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA (1969) NBMG BULL. 75.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER,H.K. & TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P.111.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE# 4291 VISIT, JULY 6, 1989.

Reference (Production): STAGER & TINGLEY, 1988.

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.