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Ruby Hill Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246780
MAS/MILS ID 0320050057
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.57959, 38.84551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2101
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 021 E 01 C E2W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ALSO IN SECTION 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.57959, 38.84551
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEB. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 46, 1947, P. 26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-97 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.