Mine detail: Ruby Hill Tunnel

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Location

Lat / long:

39.4816, -116.00312

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Galena, Molybdenite, Wulfenite
Discovery year:	1920

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1920

Geology

Host rock:	Eldorado Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation To 1200 Ft

References

MRDS	M232409
DEP	10044811
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS R.M., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64}{Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406}{Deposit:: CRIB FILE}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., (1962)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.