Ruby Creek

CA / BC

•59.69201, -133.34038View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Ruby Creek is a historic mining site in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Placer deposit hosted in Gravel. Reported specimens include Biotite, Bismuth, Brookite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysotile; logged ore minerals are Bismuth, Brookite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrope, Rutile, Wolframite, Zircon; gangue is recorded as Biotite, Chrysotile, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz.

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BiotiteBismuthBrookiteCassiteriteChalcopyriteChrysotileCopperFeldsparGoldIlmeniteMagnetiteMuscovitePyritePyropeQuartzRutileWolframiteZircon

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Placer
Host rock: Gravel

Ore minerals

BismuthBrookiteCassiteriteChalcopyriteCopperGoldIlmeniteMagnetitePyritePyropeRutileWolframiteZircon

Gangue minerals

BiotiteChrysotileFeldsparMuscoviteQuartz

Ore control

Channel Narrow

Mining history

Status: Past Producer

Records and references

Cited references

GLEDHILL, T. L., 1921, UNIV. TORONTO STUDIES, GEOL. SER. NO. 12, P. 40 - 42AITKEN, J. D., 1959, GEOL SURV. CANADA MEM. 307, P. 76HARRIS AND CABRI, 1973, CAN. MINERAL., V. 12, P. 104 - 112

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10103703 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 59.69201, -133.34038

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