Ruby Shaft

The Ruby Shaft is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,558 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

Name: Ruby Shaft  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.90694, -112.08389

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Ruby Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ruby Shaft
Secondary: Tintic Drain Tunnel Property


Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
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

Owner Name: Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield) - North Lily Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.

Owner Name: Tintic Drain Tunnel Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Stock, Tuffs Related To Caldera

Type: L
Description: Northeast Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Location): IN SMALL GULCH NORTH SIDE OF RUBY HOLLOW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MAY 30, 1920, PAGE 44.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

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

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.


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