Ruby Hill Mines

The Ruby Hill Mines is a silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Ruby Hill Mines
Secondary: Rubyville Claims
Secondary: Rubyhill Apex

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Many Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS UP TO $1800/TON (1872)

Materials

Gangue: Antimony

Comments

Comment (Location): 8 OR MORE CLAIMS ON S. SIDE OF RUBY CREEK NEAR ITS HEAD.

Comment (Production): SOME SPECIMENS ASSAYED AS HIGH AS $18,000 PER TON

Comment (Geology): ORES ARE LOCALIZED IN IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEINS AND REPLACEMENT BODIES ALONG TWO MAIN EAST TRENDING ZONES 5-50 FT. WIDE, 1500 FEET LONG.

Comment (Deposit): 8 OR MORE CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): ORES WERE DIFFICULT TO PAN AMALGAMATE BECAUSE OF THEIR ANTIMONY CONTENT. A 5-STAMP MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1871 BUT THE MINES WERE IDLE 1871-1873 BECAUSE OF LAWSUITS. CHLORIDERS WERE AT WORK IN SUMMER OF 1873 AND SHIPPED A FEW TONS TO EUREKA WHICH YIELDED ABOUT $1200/TON. ONE CARLOAD AG ORE SHIPPED IN 1923.

References

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322 PRESS CLIPPINGS: 1923 MINING RECORD CLIPPINGS.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 229.

Reference (Production): RAYMOND 1872 P 202 REPORTED

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.