The Mountain View Group - Ruby Silver Vein is a zinc, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 55.98889, -130.04583
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Mountain View Group - Ruby Silver Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain View Group - Ruby Silver Vein
Secondary: Mountain View Group
Secondary: Fish Creek No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hyder
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROX. LOCATION OF THREE CLOSELY SPACED ADITS; AS SHOWN ON PLATE 2, USGS BULL 807 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PATENTED BY J. HOVLAND CIRCA 1920
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ STRINGERS AND VEINLETS, 3 IN TO 2.5 FT WIDE, CONTAINING POCKETS AND THIN SEAMS OF PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRARGYRITE AND FREE GOLD; MOLYBDENITE IN APLITE DIKES
Comment (Workings): EARLY WORKINGS: SMALL PITS, SURFACE TRENCHES AND THREE SHORT ADITS 50 FT, 50 FT AND 90 FT IN LENGTH; LATER UNDERCUT BY SKOOKUM TUNNEL. (SEE: MOUNTAIN VIEW GROUP - "GRAY COPPER" VEIN)
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: FISSURE ZONE CROSSES CONTACT BETWEEN TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE AND HAZELTON(?) GROUP METASEDIMENTARY AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE ASSOCIATED WITH EOCENE HYDER QUARTZ MONZONITE BODY. GRANODIORITE, MINOR QUARTZ DIORITE CUT BY APLITE DIKES AND BY YOUNGER GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE. TRI-JUR HAZELTON GROUP; GREENSTONE, TUFF, VOLCANIC BRECCIA, GRAYWACKES, SLATE, ARGILLITE, QUARTZITE AND MINOR LIMESTONE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; THERMALLY METAMORPHOSED LOCALLY NEAR PLUTONS.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MOUNTAIN VIEW GROUP - "GRAY COPPER" VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): HOVLAND, JOHN, 1927, A REPORT ON THE PROPERTY OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW GOLD MINING CO., HYDER RECORDING DISTRICT, ALASKA: UNPUB. (AK TECH DATA FILES, MP)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-78-73B-06
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-73B, NO. 6
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 807, P. 66-67
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1024-B, P. 33-37, PLATE 9
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