Mine detail: Ruby Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.81096, -116.29792

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Siderite
Orebody form:	BANDS, SEAMS, OR STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Faulting
Alteration processes:	Mn-Stains; Silicification; Bleaching

References

MRDS	W015914
DEP	10072079
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.}{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, 29 P.}{Deposit:: MILLER, J. B., 1936 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PART OF THE RUBY CREEK MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B.S. THESIS, 24 P.}{Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 34}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 2}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.