Mine detail: Ruth

Previously called 'AmalgamatedLewis & ClarkPart of Shiny Rock Mini'

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Location: Marion County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.85203, -122.18755
dep_id: 10036473
mrds_id: M025286
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chlorite, Clay, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Sardine
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 290
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 126
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 87
  • Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, F.C. AND COLLINS, J.J., 1943, ESTIMATES OF RESERVES, RUTH ZINC MINE; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 10 PP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: USGS (1943)
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