The Ruby Hill Mine is a copper mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.84611, -119.57694
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Ruby Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Hill Mine
Secondary: Copper Chief
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites # 3458, # 3459, # 3486
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
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
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POCKETS/LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Trending Vertical Slips
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic, Silicification, Argillic
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 150 FT INCLINE, SHORT DRIFTS AT THE 60 AND 100 FT. LEVELS. SEVERAL ADITS, NOW CAVED, AND AT LEAST ONE SHAFT, ALSO CAVED AND FILLED. THE AREA HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY NUMEROUS CUTS AND TRENCHES, MOSTLY DURING THE 1960'S AND 1970'S.
Comment (Geology): BODIES OF ORE 15 X 20 FT. IN X-SECTION, 4 - 5 FT THICK; ANDESITIC VOLCANICS WITH COPPER STAINING ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES WITHIN SHATTERED/SHEAR ZONES. QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS WELL-BANDED CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ WITH VUGGY VEIN INTERIORS.
Comment (Production): ORE AT THE 100 FT. LEVEL WHICH SHOWS SULFIDE, CONTAINED AN ESTIMATED 6 DOLLARS IN GOLD AND 10 TO 11 OUNCES SILVER PER TON IN 1915
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 90 TONS OF ORE TREATED IN A LEACHING PLANT SHORTLY AFTER 1908 DISCOVERY, THEREAFTER MORE ORE WAS TREATED IN 1928. PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE FILLINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL. 594 .
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND WASHOE, COUNTIES: NBMG BULL. 46.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG SAMPLE #3458,#3459, #3486 SITE VISITS NOV. 11, 1988 & APRIL 12, 1989.
Reference (Production): F( 2 )
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.
