| Deposit ID | 10101874 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010850 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ruby King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claim: Ruby King, Ms 1237 |
| Related records | 10287938 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.97008, 37.44612 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3018 |
| Relative position | 12.4 MILES N 24 W FROM DURANGO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
La Plata(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Monument Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Durango(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
San Juan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | La Plata |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 037N | 010W | 21 | SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Cutler Formation |
| Rock description | Cutler Formation |
| (1) | -107.97008, 37.44612 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | La Plata Dome |
| Thickness | 1.37M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Discoverer | Charles H. Hilliker And Others (Claimants) |
| Year of first production | 1882 |
| District name | California (La Plata) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | San Juan N. F. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010850 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080670254 |
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219 P. 73-74, 163, 173.
BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1237
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF UNMETAMORPHOSED CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS AND TRAVERSED BY ENE-WSW-TRENDING QUARTZ-BARITE VEIN CONTAINING SPOTS AND STREAKS OF RUBY AG AND STAINED WITH CARBONATE. PRINCIPAL VEIN ON RUBY KING CLAIM TRENDS N 75 E AND BRANCHES AT EAST SHAFT INTO N 55 E-TRENDING VEIN THAT EXTENDS ONTO LUELLA CLAIM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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