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Ruby Silver Group

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094269
MRDS ID D003336
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Silver Group
Alternate or previous names Ruby Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.51979, 32.45095 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ABOUT 26.5 MILES S 32 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 016W 29,30 CENTER OF W2 (29); CENTER OF E2 (30) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE RUBY MINE AS SHOWN ON THE GOLD HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.51979, 32.45095
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A Northeast-Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 70 TO 80 E
    Dip 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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

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