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Ruth-Rattan Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102580
MRDS ID M004531
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth-Rattan Mine
Related records 10210772

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4447, 35.09724 (WGS84)
Elevation 655
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF OATMAN; ABOUT 1.4 MILES WSW OF FINGER BUTTE.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020N 020W 30 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION IS FOR RUTH SHAFT; RATTAN SHAFT IS 1200 FT TO THE SW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDES, AND WULFENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4447, 35.09724
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Local 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.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike W
    Dip 60-80N
    Depth to bottom 152.4M
    Width 4.57M
    Length 1206.98M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1942
Production years PRIOR TO 1907 , 1933 - 1935

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL 1935 FIGURES ARE PRODUCTION DURING DEVELOPMENT WORK. MAY 1935 IS NORMAL PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT OF 400 FT ON RUTH CLAIM WITH LEVELS AT 100, 300, 400 FT; 100 FT LEVEL CONNECTS WITH 200 FT SHAFT ON RATTAN CLAIM

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS; RATTAN AND RUTH; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE JAMES HILTON, RATTAN MINING CO, EARL H. DICKIE, RICHARD O. PINNL, H.D. SMITH, OATMAN EASTERN MINING CO, BARCLAY, R.A. BOYLE (1953), LEAD KING MINES

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M004531
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0040150263

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE SHOOTS THAT WERE DEVELOPED ARE: ON THE 100 FOOT LEVEL, 3 TO 5 FEET WIDE, 86 FEET LONG; 200 FOOT LEVEL, 8 TO 15 FEET WIDE, 150 FEET LONG; ON THE 500 FOOT LEVEL THE VEIN PINCHES TO 2 1/2 FEET WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey