Ruby Creek Placer

The Ruby Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ruby Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRADE: .67 GLM3 AU.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Silver

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD FOUND ON BEDROCK ACCROSS ENTIRE WIDTH OF GRAVEL. ALL PAY WITHIN 1.5 MILES OF MOUTH. 5-10 FT. OF GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY 1-4 FT. OF MUCK. PLACER SILVER NUGGETS FOUND.

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS EAST. PYRITE DISSEMINATED IN CARBONACEOUS SLATE. BEDROCK HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS PALEOZOIC SCHISTS (SOME GARNETIFEROUS), SLATE, CHERT, GRIT, AND INTRUSIVE GREENSTONE. ; REG.COM: PLACER GOLD DERIVED FROM LOCAL BEDROCK.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 125 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 46. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR MINE MARKED ON TANANA (B-1), ABOUT 1/2 MILE UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH MINOOK CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): SMALL SCALE INTERMITTENT MINING FROM 1901 TO AT LEAST 1975. HYDRAULIC PLANT OPERATED, 1906. MINED ALSO BY DRIFTING AND OPEN-CUT. MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 337, P. 65, 80-81, 96-98.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (B-1), LOC. 46

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 844-D, P. 188-89.

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