Alaska
Past Producer

Upper Ruby Creek

Alaska, United States
SilverGoldThoriumTungstenBismuth
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryThorium, Tungsten, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model121: Shoreline placer Ti
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Gold, Scheelite
GangueIlmenite, Magnetite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10009621
MRDS IDD002708
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.23254, -154.78101
References
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.