The Ruby Hill Tunnel is a lead and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ruby Hill Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Hill Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To 1200 Ft
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE VALUED AT $10,784 WAS PRODUCED IN 1920. THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF PROSPECT RIDGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS LOCALIZED BY FRACTURED ZONES
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE VALUED AT $10,784 MINED IN 1920
Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1920
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.M., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
Reference (Deposit): CRIB FILE
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
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.
