Ruth Kimberly Underground

The Ruth Kimberly Underground is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 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 Kimberly Underground

Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1972

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): BASE YR COSTING OF MINE AND MILL 1970 AFTER 4 YRS PREPRODUCT MINE LIFE = 15 YRS (BASE ON INFERRED RESERVES (50% PROB LEVE 90% MINING RECOVERY) REC-120 MINE CAPITAL COSTS- 1970 DOLLAR VALUE TOTAL $68,760 ACQ $ 700,000 EXPL 11,816,000 DEVEL 27,148,800 EQPT 11,992,100 PLANT 19,340,500 WORK CAP 7,763,400 MINE OP COSTS $2.480/MT REC-151 MILL CAPITAL COSTS-1970 DOLLAR VALUE-TOTAL $65,059,6 PLANT AND EQUIP $61,916,300 WORK CAPITAL 3,143,300 MILL OP COST $1.052/MT

References

Reference (Deposit): OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE P 220

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-V 153, N 10, OCT 1952, P 92-3

Reference (Deposit): V 158, N 5, MAY 1957, P 82-7.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING MAG. V 7, N 4, APR 1955, P 344-5, 364-6.

Reference (Deposit): ADAIR, D H, ET AL, 1960, INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF EAST CEN

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. 1

Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL FIELD CON. P 229-31.

Reference (Deposit): BAUER, H L JR , 1960, PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE ROBINS

Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO, NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE G

Reference (Deposit): WHITE PINE CO, AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENT

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON, P 210-19.

Reference (Deposit): LANGENHEIM, R L, 1960, EARLY AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN STRATI

Reference (Deposit): OF THE ELY AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL

Reference (Deposit): 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON, P 72-80.

Reference (Deposit): PENNEPACKER, E N, 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBINSON (ELY) MINING

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT IN NEVADA, MINING AND METALLURGY, V 13, N 304, P

Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A C, 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 96.

Reference (Deposit): RESERVE ESTIMATE REFERENCE-LYMON MOORES 1972 COPPER DATA FIL

Reference (Deposit): ELY (RESERVE-OPERATING DATA SECTION) INFERRED RES. GIVEN O

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, LYMON, 1972 COPPER DATA COST FILE OF KENNECOTT ELY MI

Reference (Deposit): OPERATION (ON FILE AT USBM IFOC, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER)

Reference (Deposit): HORTON, ROBERT C, 1960, HISTORY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN T

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.