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ruby silver
[′rü·bē ′sil·vər] (mineralogy)
Either of two red silver sulfide minerals: pyrorgyrite (dark-ruby silver) and proustite (light-ruby silver).
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The area contains numerous historic silver mines, workings and prospects including: the
Ruby silver mine which produced 350,000 ounces silver at 620 g/t silver; and the Tulloch silver mine which produced 50,000 ounces silver at 6,200 g/t silver.
This mapping delineated the Rockvale line of lode at surface for more than 750m, and on strike with the Ruby silver mine.
The high grade gold and silver rock chip/dump samples from Ruby Silver project are also extremely satisfying and we are looking forward to seeing what the IP results contain."
The Silver Point prospect lies about 2 kilometres along strike from the
Ruby silver mine and comprises a pipe-like body of aplite approximately 50 metres in diameter.
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