Ruby

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252860
MRDS ID M056586
MAS/MILS ID 0530470038
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby
Alternate or previous names Crescent, Beggar's Choice, Rush, Labyrnth, Mystic Shrine, Hide & Seek, Pyrargyrite
Related records 10041514

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.69478, 48.93543 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 N 025 E 28 NWNESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Proustite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.69478, 48.93543

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 244M
    Width 235M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:45W
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 830209

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Blackhawk District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester H. Everett
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH.BULL.37-2,P.309;GOUGE-LINED FAULT ZONE IN GABBRO W/MIN

  • Deposit

    VEIN; PINCH AND SWELL TO 6 FT.; GOOD FT. DEV.;GOOD ORE UP

  • Deposit

    PROD. $25,000 1915-20,1922-23, 1939;

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lucas, J.M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references