The Ruby Hill Mine Downfaulted Extension is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ruby Hill Mine Downfaulted Extension MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Hill Mine Downfaulted Extension
Secondary: Fad Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Eureka Dist.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Richmond - Eureka Mining Co. (Uv Industries)
Owner Name: Ruby Hill Mining Co. (Drifting Only)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone
Type: L
Description: Ruby Hill Normal Fault, Martin - Adams Hill Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: STILL ON A STAND BY BASIS
Comment (Production): MINE ON STAND BY BASIS
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: WATER INFLOW IS A MAJOR PROBLEM
Comment (Workings): SEVERE WATER INFLOW CLOSED EXPLORATION SHAFT AND DRIFT IN 1948. 25,000 BAGS OF CEMENT WERE USED TO PLUG WATER FISSURE IN 1962. MINE HAS BEEN ON A STANDBY BASIS UNTIL PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): OLDER WORKINGS WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY IN OXIDIZED ORE, LONG SINCE MINED OUT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1864 (EUREKA DIST) 1937 (RUBY HILL EXTENSION)
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T. B., HUNT, R. N., 1968, THE EUREKA MINING DIST., NEV.; IN RIDGE, J. D. ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S. 1933 - 1967 V. 1 P. 966 - 991
Reference (Deposit): 1937 DIREXPL EUREKA CORP. - DOWNFAULTED EXTENSION FOUND
Reference (Deposit): 1948 DIREXPL EUREKA CORP. - WATER INFLOW CLOSED SHAFT
Reference (Deposit): 1962 DIREXPL RUBY HILL M. C. - WATER INFLOW PLUGGED
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.
