Mine detail: Ruby Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.19768, -112.43533

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR-LENTICULAR OR PIPE-LIKE
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host type:	Welded Tuff,Dacite
Associated rock:	Lowland Creek Volcanics
Associated type:	Welded Tuff,Dacite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Brecciated Pipe-Like Zones At Intersections Of Nw And Ne-Trending Faults.

References

MRDS	M060833
DEP	10042798
Reference	{Deposit:: SMEDES, H.W., KLEPPER, M.R., PINCKNEY, D.M., BECRAFT, G.E. AND RUPPEL, E.T., 1962, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELK PARK QUADRANGLE JEFFERSON AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS MIN. INV. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-246}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 72.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 527, P. 125-27.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 296-97.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 92, P. 12.}{Deposit:: 1911 GEOLMAP KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1913, USGS BULL. 52}{Production:: USGS BULL 527, P. 126; MBMG BULL 16, P. 101.}{Reserve-Resource:: OME FILE}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)