Ruby Mine

The Ruby Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,079 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ruby Mine
Secondary: Alaska

Commodity

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

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Probably Within, Tintic Mountain Caldera

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Smithsonite

Comments

Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD ORE SHIPPED 1900; ASSAYED 5% PB, 45 OZ. AG AND 70 CENTS/TON AU; MANAGER M.R. HUNT

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING IRREGULAR POCKETS OF OXIDIZED ORE

Comment (Workings): TWO COLLAPSED ADITS, EAST ABOUT 200 FT. LONG AND WEST IS ABOUT 800 FT. LONG

Comment (Development): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW REPORTED FIVE BODIES OF GOOD ORE BLOCKED OUT IN NOV. 1899 WITH AN ORE BODY IN THE SOUTH DRIFT ON THE 450 LEVEL BEING DISCUESSED DEC. 1900. PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1900. CLOSED DOWN 1903. PRODUCTION REPORTED 1925.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., (ED), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883

Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.) 1900, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, DEC. 30, P 30.

Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.) 1900, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JULY 30, P. 15.

Reference (Production): HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1900, JULY 30.

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