Rubiana

The Rubiana is a silver and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,275 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Rubiana

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: G. R. Green
Years: 1938 - 1942

Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1890-1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 28 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.2 Oz. Au Per Ton, And Minor Cu And Pb.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Year Last Production: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Qtz-Ser-Pyr

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FIVE OR SIX OTHER PROSPECTS IN IMMEDIATE AREA ALL OF SIMILAR TYPE AS THIS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): LENSING, QUARTZ-SULFIDE FISSURE VEIN.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, ADIT, AND TUNNEL OPERATIONS.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 69.

Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, LOUIS H., 1970, STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ORO BLANCO MINING DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, RUBIANA MINE GROUP.

Reference (Production): ABM FILE DATA

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