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Ruby Mine

Past 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101408
MRDS ID D001102
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.55063, 37.85001 (WGS84)

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
New Mexico 041N 006W 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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.55063, 37.85001
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WAS ALSO SOME SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1953 (REF. NO. 1)
  • ITEM 1 REFERS TO THE APEX TUNGSTEN MINE WHICH WAS PROSPECTED AT INTERVALS 1934-1942

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 118 FT. ADIT & DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO.

  • Production

    REF. NO. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ BANDS IN BASE METAL SULFIDE VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Elliott, James E. 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.