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Chalcopyrite from
Ruby Creek Mine, Ruby Creek Mining District, Clearwater County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruby Creek Mine, Ruby Creek Mining District, Clearwater County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:450760
Long-form Identifier:1:3:450760:4
GUID (UUID V4):78094396-1762-4e46-b122-923f0c69851e
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘVictoria Prospect, Ruby Creek Mining District, Clearwater County, Idaho, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘRuby Creek Prospect (Lower Ruby Creek), Ruby Creek Mining District, Clearwater County, Idaho, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘFeather Creek Prospect (Peacock Mine; Olson Prospect), Feather Creek Area, Latah County, Idaho, USA
22.6km (14.1 miles) ⓘTitley prospect, Marble Creek Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘCopper Occurrence (MRDS - 10089415), Hoodoo Mining District, Hoodoo Mountains, Latah County, Idaho, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘCopper King Mine, Hoodoo Mining District, Hoodoo Mountains, Latah County, Idaho, USA
26.0km (16.1 miles) ⓘMizpah Mine, Hoodoo Mining District, Hoodoo Mountains, Latah County, Idaho, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘHecla prospect, Hoodoo Mining District, Hoodoo Mountains, Latah County, Idaho, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘCopper Chief Mine, Troy, Troy Mining District, Latah County, Idaho, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘMountain Gulch Prospect, Hoodoo Mining District, Hoodoo Mountains, Latah County, Idaho, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , ‱ c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized...localities for minerals that were first discovered in Idaho. Unfortunately for the field collector, most of
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (issue)
Norte Cty, CA Santa Helena, Antioquia, Colombia Goto Mine, Luzan, P.I. References Wells, F. G. et al 1946...alloys, cooperite, sulfides, arsenides, bornite, chalcopyrite. Texture/Structure Assemblage 1: clots, pods...(REFERENCE) DESCRIPTION Stockwork veinlets of quartz, chalcopyrite and molybdenite in or near a porphyritic intrusion...Minerals; Chalcopyrite+pyrite+molybdenite. Peripheral vein/replacement deposits with chalcopyrite+sphalerite+galena+gold...granodiorite porphyry Skarn with chalcopyrite Breccia pipe, with tourmaline Chalcopyrite+molybdenite in quartz
Report (issue)
maximum depths, target areas, and overall lengths of mine workings for use in environmental assessment. The...target area of 160 hectares (fig. 8). Depth of mining in known deposits range from 31 to 915 m. The geometric... Eighty percent of the deposits have subsurface mine workings lengths between 1,100 and 5,900 m (fig...reported, or, in the case of zinc, possibly avoided in mining. Descriptions are commonly incomplete. Nearly all...veins have been a favored target for smallscale mining and can occur in large numbers scattered over a
Report (issue)
Data File MD001 Site name(s): Unnamed (in Sischu Creek valley) Site type: Occurrence ARDFno.: MD001 Latitude:...description and accuracy: Occurence is located in Sischu Creek valley at an approximate elevation of 1,000 feet...isolated knob one mile (1.6 km) south of Sischu Creek at an elevation of 2,000 feet (609 m) in Section...oriented ridge 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Sischu Creek at an elevation of 1,350 feet (411 m) in Section... Alaska Resource Data File MD006 Site name(s): Our Creek Site type: Occurrence ARDFno.: MD006 Latitude: 63
Book (edition)
Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are
Report (issue)
the Congo chalcopyrite (appears in this form on page 22 only; elsewhere, cpy) chalcopyrite carrollite...only sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper district that contains significant cobalt. Its presence...cobalt-copper-gold deposits (such as Blackbird, Idaho), iron oxide-copper-gold deposits, and the five-element...with ultramafic rocks, typified by the Bou Azzer district of Morocco, represent another type of primary...Belt-Purcell basin of British Columbia (Canada), Idaho, Montana, and Washington for different styles of
Report (issue)
Resource Area (including the Virginia City mining district), Madison and Beaverhead Counties, southwest...Muddy mining district Blacktail mining district Cherry Creek mining district Chinatown mining district...Prairie mining district Medicine Lodge mining district Monida mining district Pony mining district Red Bluff...Bluff mining district Revenue mining district Ruby Mountains mining district Sheridan mining district...district Silver Star mining district Virginia City mining district Mapleton mine Browns Gulch area Alameda-Cornucopia-U
Report (Issue volume)
greisens and stockworks at Wilsons Downfall, Back Creek and in the Tenterfield-Wallangarra area. They have...orebodies suitable for underground or open cut mining. The Clarence-Moreton Basin and associated underlying...Paddys Flat, Pretty Gully, Lunatic and Macleod Creek area have been major gold producers and retain significant.................. 12 Central, Coffs Harbour, Emu Creek and Beenleigh Blocks .................................................................... 18 Emu Creek Formation .....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
................................. Age of the Clearwater escarpment.....................................August 5, 2015 132 TULLIS— GEOLOGY OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO Tertiary extrusive rocks.....................Page 1. Map of the southwestern cornerof Latah County................................................................... 6. Geologic map of Latah County, Idaho.................................................... 131 140 141 162 163 164 ABSTRACT Latah County lies within the Coeur d ’Alene Mountains and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
N Y R. R E A M P.O. Box 2043 C o e u r d'Alene, Idaho 83814 E V E N T H O U G H W A S H I N G T O N S...Okanogan County —which are known only from the state; the others are mackinawite from Mackinaw mine in Snohomish...Snohomish County, ferritungstite from Germania mine near Fruitland in Stevens County, and paulingite from...from Rock Island Dam near Wenat­ chee in Douglas County. In addition, many localities pro­ duce fine-quality...only been known for a decade or two. Whereas metal mining has led to the discovery of some of these mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SulfurIsotopesof the Ruby Creek CopperProspect,Bornite,Alaska DONALD D. RUNNELLS Abstract The Ruby Creek copperprospectis...of the KogoluktukRiver, about7 miles east of Ruby Creek. The depositis stratiform. The sulfidemineralization...The principal metallic minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite,bornRe, tennantite-tetrahedrite, chalcocite...supergenesulfidesare djurleite, covellite,digenite, chalcopyrite,and sooty chalcocite. Minor dedolomitization...copper prospect nowbeingexplored Geo#raphy.--TheRuby Creek deposit(the camp by BearCreekMiningCompany of Kennecott
Report (issue)
San Francisco, California Brian K. Jones, Bear Creek Mining, Kennecott Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska lan...Range and Wrangell Mountains ........ 35 Willow Creek District, Talkeetna Mountains ........................Massive Sulfide Deposits, Prince William Sound District, Chugach Mountains ........................................ 52 History of Placer Discovery and Mining in Alaska .................... 53 Major Placer...map and simplified cross section of the Red Dog Creek Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Delong Mountains, northwestern
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE) SYSTEMATICS OF THE CARBONATE-HOSTED COPPER DEPOSITS AT RUBY CREEK, SOUTHERN...data for chalcopyrite, bornite, and pyrite from the carbonate-hosted Cu deposit at Ruby Creek (Bornite)...carbonate-hosted Ruby Creek Cu-(Co) deposit and demonstrate that the Re-Os systematics of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and...mineralization in the Ambler district. The utility of bornite and chalcopyrite, in addition to pyrite, contributes...permits a refinement of the genetic model for the Ruby Creek deposit. Introduction The recent application
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Report (issue)
............................................H22 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................H25 Mine Closure...........................................microgram of manganese per liter Å angstrom AMD acid mine drainage ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and...byproduct of the mining of other mineral commodities—mainly zinc, copper, and aluminum—and the mining technologies...in the text (Austinville, Nanisivik, Red Dog, Ruby Creek, and Viburnum Trend) are labeled. (See Taylor
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARGENTA TO BANNACK, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA ROAD LOG AND FIELD TRIP GUIDE for American...deposition of glacial outwash from Rattlesnake Creek during the Pleistocene. 2.8 Take left fork of road...light-colored silicic tuff (tuff of Grasshopper Creek) and the upper is somber-hued lavas, breccias, and...(volcanics of Cold Spring Creek) (Ivy and others, 1988). The tuff of Grasshopper Creek is exposed on the low...syncline. The lavas in the volcanics of Cold Spring Creek are not exposed adjacent to the highway at this
Book (volume)
...........................................160 Idaho .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Report (issue)
include the DarbyHogatza igneous belt and parts of the Ruby batholith in the Kokrines-Hodzana belt. Other areas...occurrence near Tofty in the Hot Springs placer district, the Roy Creek area in east-central Alaska, and the Bokan...southwestern Alaska, the Nome district on the Seward Peninsula, and the Valdez Creek district in south-central Alaska...the central Seward Peninsula, and the Kennecott district in the Wrangell Mountains in south-central Alaska...others, 1997; Price and others, 2014). 9 The Ruby Creek deposit, south of the western Brooks Range (fig
Report (volume)
buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains were some...to 1938. See deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing...San Francisco, California Brian K. Jones, Bear Creek Mining, Kennecott Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska Ian...for lode and placer mineral deposits by private mining exploration companies. During the same period,...The d ep os it mineral s inc l ud e py ri te, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and lesser galena, tetrahed rite
Report (issue)
Commodities: Main: Asbestos, Cu Other: Ore minerals: Chalcopyrite, malachite, tremolite Gangue minerals: Geologic...description: Tremolite asbestos in serpentinite and chalcopyrite and malachite in mafic rocks (Mayfield and Grybeck...on low hill between the Hunt River and Nekakte Creek in T. 22 N., R. 2 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown...Resource Data File Page? Site: Jade Mountain Type: Mine ARDFno. AR006 Latitude: 67.21 Quadrangle: AR A-5...Located on south slope of Jade Mountain above Jade Creek in T. 21 N., R. 4 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown
Report (issue)
designate the papers for advance publication] (A) Some mining districts of eastern Oregon, by James Gilluly,...deposits of the Takilma-Waldo district, Oreg., including the Blue Creek district, by Philip J. Shenon________...deposits in the northwestern part of the Boise Basin, Idaho, by Clyde P. Ross_________________________ Inde...ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 1. Index map showing location of mining districts in eastern Oregon. 8 2. Topographic and...and geologic map of the Mormon Basin mining district, Baker and Malheur Counties, Oreg _ 32 3. Geologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicCeology Vol. 81, 1986, pp. 1644-1674 Geologyof the Ruby Creek Copper Deposit, SouthwesternBrooksRange,Alaska...complexalterationsequenceis recognizedin the Ruby Creek body which showsdistinct variationswith depth...rse quartz,in themiddleofthesystem dolomite,chalcopyrite with minorcalcite,andpyritearepresent.On the...part, restrictedto formerzonesof massivepyrite. Chalcopyrite,replacingearlierpyrite, is the dominantcopper-ironsulfidebut...Circle (Fig. 1). Mineralizationsimilarto that at Ruby Creek is foundalongthe entire northernflankof the
 
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