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Ruby Creek

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181391
MRDS ID W019188
MAS/MILS ID 1220100054
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Creek
Alternate or previous names Adanac

Comments on the site names

  • ALTERNATE NAME IS RUBY CREEK;AS ON CAN. MINES #MR189,1/1/80.
  • Adanac is the name of the exploration company evaluating the property.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.22097, 44.21517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Bismuthinite Trace
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic
  • (Local) silicic
  • (Local) skarn
  • (Local) sericite
  • (Local) argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock type qualifier porphyry-type quartz vein stockwork

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Tonalite, granodiorite, and quartz diorite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 840828

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1905

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION WORK ON THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN ON AND OFF, SINCE 1969. THE LAST DIAMOND DRILLING WORK WAS DONE IN 1981.

Mining district

District name Atlin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Adanac Mining And Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 201000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 201000000mt ore
    Total resources 201000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum Mo 0.059 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2009
    Total endowment 790900000metric tons
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum Mo 0.042 wt-pct Molybdenum Primary 2009

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 13600
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Palmer, Kevin, 2009, Ruby Creek Molybdenum Project in Northern British Columbia, Canada - 2009 mineral resource update: Golder Associates, submitted to Adanac Molybdenum Corporation May 28, 2009, 89 p.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ADANAC MINING EXPLORATION LTD. 1981 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    Pinsent, R.H., and Christopher, P.A., 1995, Adanac (Ruby Creek) molybdenum deposit, northwestern British Columbia, in Schroeter, ed.,, Porphyry deposits of the Northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Special Volume 46, p. 712-717.

  • Deposit

    Kikauka, Andris, Nov. 1 2002 (amended June 3, 2003), Geological compilation of the Adanac Claim Group, Surprise Lake, Atlin, B.C., Atlin Mining Division, for Stirrup Creek Gold Ltd.: National Instrument 43-101 Compatible Technical Report, 121 p.

  • Deposit

    Pinsent, R.H., May 15, 2007, Geology and mineral potential of the Adanac (Ruby Creek) Property, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada: National Instrument 43-101 Compatible Technical Report, 43 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-92 C M P U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 10-AUG-11 Causey, J Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

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