The Ruby is a silver, gold, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 48.93583, -119.69417
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Ruby MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby
Secondary: Pyrargyrite
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nighthawk
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: The Quartz Monzonite Was Probably Emplaced In A Magmatic Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): THE MINE PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 100,000 OZ AG FROM 1915-1922. HIGH-GRADE ORE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS SEVERAL HUNDRED OZ/TON AG, BUT MILL-RUN ORE AVERAGED ONLY 10 OZ/TON AG. A MILL (CAPACITY 75-TON/DAY) WAS BUILT IN 1920. PRIOR TO 1920, CRUDE ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SMELTERS.
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE OF JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS(?) AGE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972).
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY AT LEAST 5000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SEVERAL STOPES. THE MAIN ADIT INTERSECTS THE VEIN AT 950 FEET FROM THE PORTAL AND 550 FEET BETNEATH THE OUTCROP. A 75-TON/DAY MILL WAS BUILT AT THE SITE IN 1920 (MOEN, 1976, P. 121). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.
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