The Ruby Hill is a gold and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,438 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,438 Feet (2,572 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.4144, -116.05780
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Ruby Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Hill
Secondary: Archimedes
Secondary: West Archimedes
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka 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
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hecla Mining Co.
Owner Name: Ruby Hill Mining Co. (Sub Mueller Indusatries, Inc.)
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1992 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Discovery Year: 1993
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE; 12/31/96: DEVELOPMENT STARTED IN 3/97 PRODUCTION EXPECTED IN LATE 1997:
Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB #WOO29O2 (W002902). HOMESTAKE MINING CO. HAS RECEIVED PERMITS TO DEVELOP THE WEST ARCHIMEDES ORE BODY AT ITS RUBY HILL PROPERTY IN CENTRAL NEVADA. CONSTRUCTION ON THE $65MIL. PROJECT HAS BEGUN. PRODUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MARCH, 1997, WITH THE MINING TO COMMENCE BY END OF 1997. 6-2-97: IN ITS 1ST FULL YR OF PRODUCTION, EARLY 1998, THE MINE WILL YIELD 3500 TONS PER DAY, AND HAS A PROJECTED LIFE OF 7 YRS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN & PROBABLE RESERVES AT RUBY HILL TOTAL 7.6 MILLION TONS ORE GRADING .O99 OZ GOLD/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-2-97, P. B1, B4.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P11.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 16, 18-19.
Reference (Deposit): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10K.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P347.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 269, 270.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P129.
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 11, 12.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN METALS MARKET, VOL 104, #20, 2/9/96, P1.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, FEB, 21, 96, VOL 107, #8, P?.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, AUG, 21, 96, VOL 107 #34, P14.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, SEPT, 4 1996, P7.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P10.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #9, FEB. 26, 1997, P12.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P19.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): E&MJ, EXPLORATION ROUNDUP, DEC. 1994, P.WW-7.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P22.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K, REPORT, P14.
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.
