Ruby Prospect

Prospect in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10189346
MRDS ID W024821
MAS/MILS ID 0060730004
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sherry Ann
Related records 10077296

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.20333, 32.63227 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacumba(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018 S 008 E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) pre-Cenozoic granitic and metamorphic rocks undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. A Ruby
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 209.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 3, 1963, P. 192.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Rumsey, Clayton M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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