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

MRDSM025286
DEP10036473
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USGS BULL. 893, P. 87}{Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, F.C. AND COLLINS, J.J., 1943, ESTIMATES OF RESERVES, RUTH ZINC MINE; USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 10 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS (1943)}
ReporterFerns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.