The Ruby Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 63.2364, -154.79110
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Ruby Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Creek
Secondary: Strand Lode
Secondary: Wernecke Lode
Secondary: Nos. 1-2 Above
Secondary: No. 1 Above Bench
Secondary: No. 1 Above Crystal Gulch
Secondary: Red Lode
Secondary: Tecla Pup Lode Claim
Secondary: Griffin Lode
Secondary: Whelan Lode
Secondary: Bullock Lode
Secondary: Matheison Lode
Secondary: Pearson Lode
Secondary: Owen Gray Lode
Secondary: Snow Lode
Secondary: O' Mallery Lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Margaret Mespelt And Theodore Almasy
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976
Production
Year: 1948
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1948
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): USGS CRIB D002708. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS OBTAINED.
References
Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 31
Reference (Deposit): B813a pp. 36-37
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 42
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B864C pp. 196-197, 235
Reference (Deposit): C279 pp. 10, 12, 15-16, 19
Reference (Deposit): GR22 p. 6
Reference (Deposit): MF365
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 31
Reference (Deposit): OF78-94 p. 36
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 065-012
Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 60
Reference (Deposit): B722e p. 161
Reference (Deposit): B783e pp. 127, 138
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 25
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