The Ruby-June Rose Group is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,331 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,331 Feet (1,625 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.45889, -118.09056
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Ruby-June Rose Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby-June Rose Group
Secondary: June Rose #1, #2, #3
Secondary: Ruby, Ruby #1, Billy the Kid, Lost Shepherd, Veta Grande Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3898
Secondary: Ruby Prospect
Secondary: June Wonder Prospect
Secondary: Ruby Wonder Group. Treasure Hill Claim #1125.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jay, Russell
Home Office: 1111 Dolphin Terrace, Corono Delmar Ca 92625
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Slickensides
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Argillization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3898 CONTAINED 0.3% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.15% TI, 10 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 5 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR, AND 0.6 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS).
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN, SILICIFIED GOUGE, PART OF THE MARIE-RUBY VEIN SYSTEM OF SCHRADER (1947). VEIN IS ABOUT 4-6 FT WIDE WHERE THE INCLINE WAS SUNK. THE INCLINE FOLLOWS THE VEIN DOWN DIP AND THE ADJACENT OPEN CUT FOLLOWS THE VEIN ALONG STRIKE TO THE SE. VEIN CONSISTS OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH MINOR QUARTZ STRINGERS. RHYOLITE WALLROCK OF THE VEIN CONTACT IS ARGILLICALLY ALTERED AND SLICKESIDES ARE PRESENT IN GOUGE ALONG THE CONTACT. PYRARGYRITE WAS SEEN IN SPECIMENS COLLECTED AT THE SAMPLE SITE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, STOPE, ADJACENT TO INCLINE, WITH A SECOND SHAFT TO THE EAST AND PROSPECTS
Comment (Location): UTM TO SAMPLE SITE 3898 ON THE CLAIM GROUP. ACCESSIBLE ON FOOT 2.5 MILES S. OF GEIGER GAP ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): MS #3053, SURVEYED IN 1907, OWNED AT THAT TIME BY THE RUBY WONDER MINING CO., NOT PATENTED. WORKINGS APPEAR TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME ORE, BUT RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. STAKED BY ERICKSON'S GROUP IN 1979; NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.
References
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, 1986 MINING CLAIM RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 24 SEP. 86, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUB REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
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.
