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Ruby Valley is an unincorporated community in Ruby Valley, in Elko County, Nevada, United States. [1] It was the site of the Ruby Valley Pony Express Station, which has since been moved 60 miles to Elko, Nevada and restored and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Ruby Valley has a small K-8 school and many cattle ranches.
Ruby Valley is a large basin located in south-central Elko and northern White Pine counties in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. From Secret Pass it runs south-southwest for approximately 60 miles (96 km) to Overland Pass.
SR 767 begins in Ruby Valley, north of the agricultural town of the same name, where Elko County Route 788 transitions from gravel road to pavement. The highway continues north along the eastern foothills of the Ruby Mountains to its northern terminus at a Y-junction with Secret Pass Road east of Ruby Dome.
Ruby Marsh is a wetlands area within the national refuge, which serves as a nesting area for "the greater sandhill crane and trumpeter swan".In 1972, Ruby Marsh, which is located within the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.
Metasequoia occidentalis Elko Formation. The Elko Formation, also known as Elko Shale(s), is an oil shale geologic formation in Elko County, northern Nevada, United States.The deltaic and lacustrine shales and limestones preserve fossils dating back to the Middle Eocene of the Paleogene to Middle Miocene of the Neogene period.
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The Ruby Valley Pony Express Station, located at 1515 Idaho St. in Elko, Nevada, was built in 1860 in Ruby Valley, Nevada. It was moved in 1960 approximately 60 miles (97 km) to Elko, during the centennial anniversary year for the Pony Express, and then restored, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Elko is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Elko County. [5] [6] As of the official 2020 U.S. Census, the city has a population of 20,564.Elko serves as the center of the Ruby Valley, a region with a population of over 55,000.