| Deposit ID | 10044811 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232409 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ruby Hill Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.00312, 39.4816 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Spring Valley Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019 | 053 | 28 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Eldorado Dolomite |
| Rock description | Eldorado Dolomite |
| (1) | -116.00312, 39.4816 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| Year of first production | 1920 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 365.76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232409 |
ROBERTS R.M., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
CRIB FILE
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE VALUED AT $10,784 WAS PRODUCED IN 1920. THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF PROSPECT RIDGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | ORE IS LOCALIZED BY FRACTURED ZONES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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