Ruby Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072080
MRDS ID W015915
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lower Ruby Creek
Related records 10265597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.30162, 46.80426 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position LESS THAN A MI N OF NEVA; ABOUT 6 MI SE OF BOVILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGary Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 040N 001E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2000 FT SW OF THE RUBY CREEK VEIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.03 OZ AU AND 4.9 OZ AG/TON, 0.4% PB, AND 0.1% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Upper Belt Supergroup-Quartzite; Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.30162, 46.80426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Width 0.46M
  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 204.22M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    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 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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