Mine detail: Ruth

Previously called 'AmalgamatedLewis & ClarkPart of Shiny Rock Mini'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.85203, -122.18755

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Clay, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sardine
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M025286
DEP	10036473
Reference	{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USGS BULL. 893, P. 87}{Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, F.C. AND COLLINS, J.J., 1943, ESTIMATES OF RESERVES, RUTH ZINC MINE; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 10 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS (1943)}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.