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Ruby Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013002
MRDS ID D009049
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Mine
Alternate or previous names Hayner Mine: Claims Patented In 1943, Live Oak, Gloria
Related records 10247112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59446, 32.36763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES N 73 E OF LAS CRUCES; 4 MILES SOUTH OF ORGAN, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 003E 25 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED AT THE END OF THE ROAD ABOUT 2500 FEET NORTHEAST OF MINE HOUSE SPRING. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS WHITE, GREEN AND PURPLE FINE TO COARSE GRAINED MASSES WITHIN ALTERNATING BANDS OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND MINOR BARITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization And Epidotization Of The Hueco Limestone.

Analytical data

Result MCANULTY, 1978, REPORTED CAF2 CONTENT RANGES FROM ABOUT 20% TO 70% AND AVERAGES ABOUT 30%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hueco Formation;Lead Camp Limestone
    Rock description Hueco Formation;Lead Camp Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59446, 32.36763
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Ruby Mine Lies At The North Rim Of The Resurgent Organ Mt. N. Caldera.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Fills Open Fissures In Northeast-Striking Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 50 TO 75 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 187.45M
    Width 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control; Limestone Horizons

Comments on the geologic information

  • MCANULTY, 1978, ASSIGNED THE LIMESTONE TO THE PERMIAN HUECO FM. AND SEAGER, 1981, ASSIGNED THE LIMESTONE TO THE PENNSYLVANIAN LEAD CAMP LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Frank M. Hayner
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1933

Mining district

District name Organ District: Organ Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cougar Fluorspar Corp.
    First year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Audria Hayner Palmer
    Home office Las Cruces, N.M.
    First year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • MCANULTY, 1978, REPORTED THE TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE WAS 400 TONS OF FLUORSPAR IN 1933.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 28.96M
    Overall length 289.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF A 95 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH A DRIFT ABOUT 600 FT. IN LENGTH, THREE SHORT ADITS, AN 80 FT. TRENCH AND AN OPEN STOPE 160 FT. IN LENGTH BY 50 FT. IN DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 83-85

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 228

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 59-61

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 22-23

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 26-29

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    GLOVER, T.J., MS THESIS, UTEP, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT MAP FOR THE AREA (SURFACE MANAGEMENT QUAD SW-25, OROGRANDE) INDICATES THAT THE LIVE OAK CLAIM MAY NOT BE PATENTED. THE PLAT FOR MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2081 LABELS THE LIVE OAK CLAIM AS THE LINE OAK CLAIM. RECORD # D009959 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF UP TO 14 SUB-PARALLEL VEINS WITHIN A NORTHEAST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE. MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS OPEN SPACE FILLING, BRECCIA CEMENT, AND MINOR REPLACEMENT OF WALL ROCK AND BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. VEINS RANGE FROM ABOUT 250 FT. TO MORE THAN 600 FT. IN LENGTH, ARE UP TO 3 FT. THICK, AND HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF 90 FT... THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2081 COVERING ABOUT 60 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-82 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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