Mine detail: Ruth-Rattan Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.09724, -114.4447

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorspar, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	PRIOR TO 1907 , 1933 - 1935
First production started:	1902
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Syenite
Structure:	Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks, The Country Rock Exhibits Two Structures Which Are Variable, One Trends N 15 E And Dips Steeply To The East And The Other Trends Ew And Dips Steeply To The North. This Latter Structure Is The Same As That Of The Ore Vein.

References

MRDS	M004531
DEP	10102580
Reference	{Deposit:: GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 32.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 172.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 743, 1923, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 131, 1931, P. 114.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, 1934, P. 80.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM IC 6901 , P. 32}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)