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Rumley Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071387
MRDS ID W014734
Record type Site
Current site name Rumley Mine
Related records 10123722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1731, 46.3099 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 005W 36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION OF RUMLEY SHAFT

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $65-200 /TON (1872), 50% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite Dike(Boulder Batholith);Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
    Rock description Quartz Latite Dike(Boulder Batholith);Boulder Batholith, Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1731, 46.3099
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith, South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Comet-Gray Eagle Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Guilio, Harold

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACTIVE SURFACE MINING INDICATES EXISTANCE OF SIGNIFICANT LOW-GRADE RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED BY 50 FT. SHAFT, AND A 36 FT. DRIFT NORTH ALONG TWO VEINS. RUMLEY SHAFT IS ABOUT 4000 FT SOUTHEAST OF THE COMET SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 20, 30, 36, 104

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL. 1.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 104.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, GALENA- AND CERUSSITE-BEARING, WERE 6 FT WIDE AND CONTAINED 50% PB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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