Ruby

The Ruby is a silver, gold, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.

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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  

State:  Washington

County:  Okanogan

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 48.93583, -119.69417

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Ruby MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ruby
Secondary: Pyrargyrite


Commodity

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


Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nighthawk


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: The Quartz Monzonite Was Probably Emplaced In A Magmatic Arc.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Production): THE MINE PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 100,000 OZ AG FROM 1915-1922. HIGH-GRADE ORE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS SEVERAL HUNDRED OZ/TON AG, BUT MILL-RUN ORE AVERAGED ONLY 10 OZ/TON AG. A MILL (CAPACITY 75-TON/DAY) WAS BUILT IN 1920. PRIOR TO 1920, CRUDE ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SMELTERS.

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE OF JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS(?) AGE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972).

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY AT LEAST 5000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SEVERAL STOPES. THE MAIN ADIT INTERSECTS THE VEIN AT 950 FEET FROM THE PORTAL AND 550 FEET BETNEATH THE OUTCROP. A 75-TON/DAY MILL WAS BUILT AT THE SITE IN 1920 (MOEN, 1976, P. 121). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.

Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.


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