The Ruby Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Ruby Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Gold
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD DISCOVERED IN FINE GRAVEL AT MOUTH AT LEVEL OF HIGH SPRING WATER OF YUKON R. PLACER GOLD CONFINED TO LOW BENCH TO EAST SIDE OF STREAM NEAR MOUTH. ALLUVIUM 12-15 FT. THICK. A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF CASSITERITE REPORTED. GOLD IN SAND AND FINE GRAVEL JUST ABOVE BEDROCK AND ON BEDROCK.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK SCHIST, SLATE, AND LIMESTONE; GREENSTONE NEARBY.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC. 2. PLACER AT MOUTH OF CREEK ON BENCH TO EAST OF CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): SITE OF FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY IN DISTRICT IN 1907. SMALL-SCALE MINING REPORTED BETWEEN 1907 AND 1915.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE IN LOWER MILE OF CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (C-5), LOC. 2.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 578, P. 40
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 642, P. 239
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-170, P. 63-64.
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