Mine detail: Ruby Shaft

Previously called 'Tintic Drain Tunnel Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.90689, -112.08468

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Lead, Silver, Copper
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
Last production ended: 1922

Geology

Associated rock:Silver City Stock
Associated type:Monzonite
Structure:Stock, Tuffs Related To Caldera, Northeast Fractures
Alteration processes:Argillic

References

MRDSM058547
DEP10042173
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.}{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.}{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.}{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.}{Deposit:: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MAY 30, 1920, PAGE 44.}
ReporterJames, Laurence P.