Ruby Hill Mine Downfaulted Extension

The Ruby Hill Mine Downfaulted Extension is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ruby Hill Mine Downfaulted Extension
Secondary: Fad Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Eureka Dist.

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Richmond - Eureka Mining Co. (Uv Industries)

Owner Name: Ruby Hill Mining Co. (Drifting Only)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone

Type: L
Description: Ruby Hill Normal Fault, Martin - Adams Hill Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Middle Cambrian

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: STILL ON A STAND BY BASIS

Comment (Production): MINE ON STAND BY BASIS

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: WATER INFLOW IS A MAJOR PROBLEM

Comment (Workings): SEVERE WATER INFLOW CLOSED EXPLORATION SHAFT AND DRIFT IN 1948. 25,000 BAGS OF CEMENT WERE USED TO PLUG WATER FISSURE IN 1962. MINE HAS BEEN ON A STANDBY BASIS UNTIL PRESENT

Comment (Deposit): OLDER WORKINGS WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY IN OXIDIZED ORE, LONG SINCE MINED OUT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1864 (EUREKA DIST) 1937 (RUBY HILL EXTENSION)

References

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T. B., HUNT, R. N., 1968, THE EUREKA MINING DIST., NEV.; IN RIDGE, J. D. ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S. 1933 - 1967 V. 1 P. 966 - 991

Reference (Deposit): 1937 DIREXPL EUREKA CORP. - DOWNFAULTED EXTENSION FOUND

Reference (Deposit): 1948 DIREXPL EUREKA CORP. - WATER INFLOW CLOSED SHAFT

Reference (Deposit): 1962 DIREXPL RUBY HILL M. C. - WATER INFLOW PLUGGED

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.