Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Ruby Creek; Bornite |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Alaska |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; repl matrix in dolomite breccia/fracture fillings |
Commodities: |
Cu; Co |
Geological ages: |
Middle Devonian (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
epicontinental basin; unstated (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: carbonate/evaporite platform; Metamorphic grade: lower greenschistIndividual lithologies: | dolomite |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) repl matrix in dolomite breccia/fracture fillings; deposit contained in northern limb of symmetrical plunging anticline |
References: |
Hitzman, M. W., 1986 |
Geology of the Ruby Creek Copper Deposit, Southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska |
Economic Geology, Volume 81, p. 1644 - 1674 |
Runnells, D. D., 1964 |
Cymrite in a Copper Deposit, Brooks Range, Alaska |
American Mineralogist, Volume 49, p. 165 |
Runnells, D. D., 1968 |
The Copper Deposits of Ruby Creek, Cosmos Hills, Alaska |
Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, 275 p. |
Runnells, D. D., 1969 |
The Mineralogy and Sulfur Isotopes of the Ruby Creek Copper Prospect, Bornite, Alaska |
Economic Geology, Volume 64, p. 75 - 90 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1985; 90,718,472 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated minimum reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.2 percent | Reference: Hitzman, M. W., 1986: Copper Deposits in Stratiform Zn-Pb Districts - A Possible Example: The Ruby Creek Deposit, Southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska; in The Genesis of Stratiform Sediment-Hosted Lead and Zinc Depsoits: Conference Proceedings, Edited by Turner, R. J. W.; Einaudi, M. T., Abstracts Volume, Stanford University School of Earth Sciences, 227 p, p. 65 - 72 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
36,287,388 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent | Reference: Eakins, G. R.; Bundtzen, T. K.; Lueck, L. L.; Green, C. B.; Gallagher, J. L.; Robinson, M. S., 1984: Alaska's Mineral Industry 1984; Special Report, State of Alaska, Publication code 38, 57 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |