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Ruby

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Antimony
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009054
MRDS ID D001691
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75118, 48.83316 (WGS84)
Relative position ON W. SIDE OF VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duncan Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 025E 28 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. OF HIGH - GRADE * ORE FROM DUMP 0.01 OZ. AU, 92.1 OZ. AG, PAYSHOOT ORE AVG. $10 TO $15, HIGH GRADE AVG. $60

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75118, 48.83316
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nighthawk Dist.

Comments on the production information

  • $25,000 PROD. IN 1915 - 1920 (INCLUSIVE), PROD ALSO 1922 - 1923, 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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