Ruby Gulch Mine

Producer in Phillips county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197473
MRDS ID W014713
MAS/MILS ID 0300710004
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Gulch Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby Gulch
Related records 10071371

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.55658, 47.93133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phillips(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zortman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zortman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fort Peck Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Phillips

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025 N 025 E 07 NESESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.55658, 47.93133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pegasus Gold Corp.
    ID 2401450
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
  • Type Operator
    Owner Zortman And Landusky Mining Companies
    Home office Montana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP-ZORTMAN, MONTANA.

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 33, PAGE 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/29/1999
MSHA mine ID2401450
Mine name (MSHA)ZORTMAN MINING INC
Current operatorSpectrum Engineering Inc
Current controller (parent)Donald G Sutton
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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