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Ramboz Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Manganese, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046307
MRDS ID M241209
Record type Site
Current site name Ramboz Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Glance, Rambo Group
Related records 10160847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77263, 33.45591 (WGS84)
Elevation 1335
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF BLACK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 3 NW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS RESCUE MINE SE SIDE OF RAMBOZ PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RHODOCHROSITE, ANKERITE, AND GALENA FOUND IN SMALL POCKET ONLY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized On All Levels

Analytical data

Result 30 PER CENT MANGANESE SHIPPED IN 1943

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Pioneer Formation
    Rock description Pioneer Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77263, 33.45591
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne And Ene Faults. Fault Block Of Pinal Schist And Madera Diorite Is Immediately E Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene Trending Ramboz Vein Fault Intersects Two Parallel N20e Trending Faults Directly Ne Of Mine, Forming A Broad Fracture Zone, All Mineralized. Small Outcrop Area Of Pioneer Formation, Prec, Is Found E Of This Zone, With Nw Strike And 30 Sw Dip

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND STRINGERS
    Strike N25E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 54.86M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Faults, Ne Trending Ramboz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Henry Ramboz
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Duber, John
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Inez Thomas Estate
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25.6% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 26wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1953-1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^24.1% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 24wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MOST OF THE PRODUCTION FROM THE CLAIM WAS MINED FROM A LENS OF ORE ALONG WESTERN SIDE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, TUNNEL AND OPEN CUTS. 100 FT OF STOPE 3-4 FT WIDE, STRIKINE NE, IS FOUND A BASE OF SHAFT. OTHER TUNNELS INCLUDED AN ADIT 90 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • 8 CLAIMS INCLUDING THE SILVER GLANCE, FORMERLY THE DYNAMITE CLAIM, UNPATENTED, PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE HENSON THOMAS, MRS. THOMAS AND JACOB JUDESH (1939), MARGARET HARDING (1942), L. W. RACINE AND W. F. SCHOLL (1942), M. L. FEAGLES, CLARENCE HUGHES, ANDREW SITICA. WORKED FOR MANGANESE IN 1940'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WIDTH RANGES FROM FRACTION OF AN INCH TO 6 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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