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Ruby Mine

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015952
MRDS ID DC00026
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.55063, 37.83334 (WGS84)
Relative position W. SIDE OF MAGGIE GULCH, 9 MILES FROM SILVERTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 41N 06W 05 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.55063, 37.83334
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10. % W
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 10wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1964: CSM MIN. IND. BULL., V.8, NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTON MINES OF COLO., STATE OF COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 270 FT. ADIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.