Rubie Prospect

Prospect in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192908
MAS/MILS ID 0160230095
Record type Site
Current site name Rubie Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rubie, Rubie Mine, White Cap

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.00027, 43.9463 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howe NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007 N 029 E 09 SESESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.00027, 43.9463

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, R. A., 1948, RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF LEMHI

  • Deposit

    RANGE, ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 80,

  • Deposit

    18 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1933, THE DOME MINING DISTRICT, BUTTE COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET NO. 39,

  • Deposit

    12 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LEMHI

  • Deposit

    RANGE, ID: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1081-F, 260 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MACKAY

  • Deposit

    REGION, ID: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 11-91, 1991, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    C, NO. 75, P. 159.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-NOV-1992 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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