Ruby Creek

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Iridium, Osmium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103703
MRDS ID M046178
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.34038, 59.69201 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MILES N 30 E OF ATLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OSMIRIDIUM GRAINS ZONED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Brookite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrope Ore
Rutile Ore
Wolframite Ore
Zircon Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chrysotile Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEE HARRIS AND CABRI (1973) FOR PT MINERAL ANALYSES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.34038, 59.69201

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Narrow

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAVELS CAPPED BY 140 FEET OLIVINE BASALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlin District

Comments on the production information

  • 1 = OS+IR; APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ONLY A GOLD PLACER AND PT METALS NOT RECOVERED

Comments on the workings information

  • INACTIVE SINCE 1946 -

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GLEDHILL, T. L., 1921, UNIV. TORONTO STUDIES, GEOL. SER. NO. 12, P. 40 - 42

  • Deposit

    AITKEN, J. D., 1959, GEOL SURV. CANADA MEM. 307, P. 76

  • Deposit

    HARRIS AND CABRI, 1973, CAN. MINERAL., V. 12, P. 104 - 112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER OS - IR GRAINS LABELLED ATLIN, B. C. CONTAINED IRARSITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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