Ruby Hill Mine

Ruby Hill Mine is a surface gold mine in Eureka County, Nevada, near Eureka. MSHA lists its status as active since Jun 18, 2005 and records 25 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 17 in Eureka County; by employees it ranks 38 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Jun 18, 2005
Type
Surface
County
Eureka County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Eureka
Employees reported
25
Operator
Ruby Hill Mining Company, LLC
Coordinates
39.5047, -115.9872
MSHA mine ID
2602307

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Glister Project
USGS status
Plant
Commodities
Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Deposit type
Polymetallic replacement75: Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Workings
Underground
Production years
from 1866
Discovered
1938

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10125725 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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