Ruby

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041514
MRDS ID M056586
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby
Alternate or previous names Pyrargyrite
Related records 10252860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.6934, 48.93566 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(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)

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

Comments on the location information

  • FORMERLY RUSH?

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION $25,000 1915-20; ADDITIONAL 1922-23, 1939

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .01 OZ AU, 92.1 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.6934, 48.93566

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE FILL AND GANGUE
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 45 SW
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nighthawk

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DATA FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references