Ruby D Claims

The Ruby D Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,820 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ruby D Claims
Secondary: Stateline Mine & Mill

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

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

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Iron-Stained Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong In Places

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON S. SIDE OF SLATE RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): ORE WAS SAID TO AVERAGE $40.00/TON IN GOLD (LATE 1800'S). A MILL EXISTED HERE IN LATE 1800'S. RUINS STILL PRESENT IN 1966, REPORTED TO HAVE OPERATED IN 1930'S.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FOUND ON DUMPS WAS VOGGY, CARRYING, FRESH AN D OXIDIZED, PYRITE, CHACOPYRITE IN PODS, CLOTS AND STRINGERS. VEINS WAS COATED FE STAINING

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT AT HEAD OF MILL; ABOUT 500 FT WEST OF MILL AND SHAFT IS A CUT 100-FT LONG AND 20 FT DEEP, PERHAPS WITH STOPES BELOW

Comment (Geology): COULD BE REMNANT ROOF PENDENT.? MOST ROCKS ARE EXTENSIVELY FRACTURED AND FE STAINED.

Comment (Location): THE PLAYA IS ABOUT 3.5 MILES LONG (N-S) AND NEARLY 1 MILE WIDE ON AVERAGE WITH AN AREA OF 4 SQ MILES.

Comment (Development): BORAX WAS PRODUCED FROM THE MARSH AS EARLY AS 1873, IN 1875 PACIFIC BORAX CO.MOVED ITS PLANT TO FISH LAKE VALLEY FROM COLUMBUS, AND BORATE DEPOSITS WERE WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THEREAFTER. OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED SHORTY AFTER 1883.

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION LARGELY FROM NEAR SURFACE ULEXITE NODULES, BUT ALSO SOME PORDUCTION FROM BORAX EFFLORESCENCE.

Comment (Workings): PITS, TREATMENT PLANTS

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 10 MAY, 83.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 308, P. 194-195

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, ARTHUR, III., 1966, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON SCOUTING EXPEDITION: NBMG FILE 92 (ITEM 6).

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS

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.