Deposit ID | 10009621 |
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MRDS ID | D002708 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Upper Ruby Creek |
Geographic coordinates: | -154.78101, 63.23254 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Upper Ruby Creek mine is located at an elevation of 1,000 feet (300 m) in Section 13, T. 26 S., R. 22 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is within 300 feet (91 m). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Bismuth | Secondary |
Thorium | Secondary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Bismuth | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Ilmenite | Gangue |
Magnetite | Gangue |
Model code | 121 |
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USGS model code | 39c |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Shoreline placer Ti |
(1) | -154.78101, 63.23254 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | McGrath |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002708 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | MD068 |
Brown, J.S., 1926, The Nixon Fork country: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783. p. 97-144.
Smith, P.S., 1926, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1924: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783-A, p. 1-39.
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.
White, M.G., and Stevens, J.M., 1953, Reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in the Ruby-Poorman and Nixon Fork districts, west-central Alaska, in 1949: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 279, 19 pages.
Cobb, E.H., 1974, Synopsis of mineral resources and geology of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1307, 53 pages.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences in the Beaver, Bettles, and Medfra quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 78-94, 54 pages.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 39c) |
Deposit | Other Comments = See Ruby Creek-Strand (MD068) and Crystal Gulch (MD070) deposits. The Upper Ruby Creek mine is on lands selected or conveyed to Doyon Ltd. For further information, contact Doyon Ltd. at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 07-JUN-98 | Bundtzen, T.K. | Pacific Rim Geological Consulting |