Ruby Hill

The Ruby Hill is a gold and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,438 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ruby Hill
Secondary: Archimedes
Secondary: West Archimedes

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Other
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hecla Mining Co.

Owner Name: Ruby Hill Mining Co. (Sub Mueller Indusatries, Inc.)
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1992 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Discovery Year: 1993
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE; 12/31/96: DEVELOPMENT STARTED IN 3/97 PRODUCTION EXPECTED IN LATE 1997:

Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB #WOO29O2 (W002902). HOMESTAKE MINING CO. HAS RECEIVED PERMITS TO DEVELOP THE WEST ARCHIMEDES ORE BODY AT ITS RUBY HILL PROPERTY IN CENTRAL NEVADA. CONSTRUCTION ON THE $65MIL. PROJECT HAS BEGUN. PRODUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MARCH, 1997, WITH THE MINING TO COMMENCE BY END OF 1997. 6-2-97: IN ITS 1ST FULL YR OF PRODUCTION, EARLY 1998, THE MINE WILL YIELD 3500 TONS PER DAY, AND HAS A PROJECTED LIFE OF 7 YRS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN & PROBABLE RESERVES AT RUBY HILL TOTAL 7.6 MILLION TONS ORE GRADING .O99 OZ GOLD/TON.

References

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-2-97, P. B1, B4.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P11.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 16, 18-19.

Reference (Deposit): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10K.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P347.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 269, 270.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P129.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 11, 12.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN METALS MARKET, VOL 104, #20, 2/9/96, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, FEB, 21, 96, VOL 107, #8, P?.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, AUG, 21, 96, VOL 107 #34, P14.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, SEPT, 4 1996, P7.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P10.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #9, FEB. 26, 1997, P12.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P19.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): E&MJ, EXPLORATION ROUNDUP, DEC. 1994, P.WW-7.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P22.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K, REPORT, P14.

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.