Mine detail: Ruby Creek

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 59.69201, -133.34038
dep_id: 10103703
mrds_id: M046178
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Iridium, Osmium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuth, Brookite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrope, Rutile, Wolframite, Zircon
gangue: Biotite, Chrysotile, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz
conc_proc: Source Rocks Probably Alpine Peridotite
ore_ctrl: Channel Narrow
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: GLEDHILL, T. L., 1921, UNIV. TORONTO STUDIES, GEOL. SER. NO. 12, P. 40 - 42
  • Deposit:: AITKEN, J. D., 1959, GEOL SURV. CANADA MEM. 307, P. 76
  • Deposit:: HARRIS AND CABRI, 1973, CAN. MINERAL., V. 12, P. 104 - 112
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