Mine detail: Ruth Mine

Previously called 'Ruth PitDeep Ruth ShaftNew Ruth Copper Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.25772, -114.97198

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Rhenium, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Magnetite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, MASSIVE
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Weary Flat Quartz Monzonite;Chainman Shale;Ely Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	East-Trending Anticline With Moderate To Gentle Dipping Flanks, Faults, Igneous Intrusions., Radar Ridge, Faults, Fractures. (Mineralization Follows Fractures)
Tectonic:	Paleozoic Cordillerian Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration From Monzonite Intrusion. Ore Bodies Oxidized To Depth Of 100 - 400 Feet

References

MRDS	W031574
DEP	10080427
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, W. R., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 32, PP. 55 - 61.}{Deposit:: SPENCER, A. C., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 96, 189 PP.}{Deposit:: SPENCER, 1917}{Production:: SPENCER 1917}
Reporter	Zigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)