Mine detail: Ruby Hill Mine

Previously called 'Copper ChiefNBMG Sample Sites # 3458, # 3459, # 3486'

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Location: Douglas County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.84602, -119.57793
dep_id: 10103621
mrds_id: M035914
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: POCKETS/LENSES
alteration: Sericitic, Silicification, Argillic
ore_ctrl: Oxidized Ore Occurs In Fractured/Altered Andesite Near Northward Striking Fault
Reporter: Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.), Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Quade, Jack, Doebrich, J.L.
hrock_unit: Vedaboorde Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: North Trending Vertical Slips
tectonic: Northward Striking Fault
disc_yr: 1908
References:
  • Deposit:: MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
  • Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL. 594 .
  • Deposit:: OVERTON, T.D., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND WASHOE, COUNTIES: NBMG BULL. 46.
  • Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG SAMPLE #3458,#3459, #3486 SITE VISITS NOV. 11, 1988 & APRIL 12, 1989.
  • Production:: F( 2 )
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