Ruby Creek Placer

The Ruby Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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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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