Structure: Downdropped Ruby Hill Thrust Bounds The Mineralized Area To The East

Alteration: Local Intense Silicification

Deposit: 487 tons was produced from 1913 to 1920. The property is situated along the dunderberg-windfall belt, one of five mineralized blocks in the district. The prospect is possibly a portion of the croesus mine. ; info.src : 1 pub lit the ore bodies occur As irregular replacements where the massive dolomite has been fractured along faults

Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement

Geology: The ore bodies occur As irregular replacements where the massive dolomite has been fractured in response to tectonic fores acting along the numerous faults

Rock formation(s): Hamburg Dolomite

Ore(s): Fractured Permeable Zones

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Commodity List

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Mineral List

ⓘ Anglesite

ⓘ Malachite

2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Dolostone

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Anglesite

Formula: PbSO₄

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Malachite

Formula: Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Malachite	5.BA.10	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Anglesite	7.AD.35	PbSO₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Anglesite	PbSO₄
O	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Anglesite	PbSO₄
Cu	Copper
Cu	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
Pb	Lead
Pb	ⓘ Anglesite	PbSO₄

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10044776

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