Rambler Claim

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10009979
MRDS ID D003307
Record type Site
Current site name Rambler Claim
Alternate or previous names Helen, Rover
Related records 10272215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.09561, 32.17735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1349
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES S 73 W OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 012W 32 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE RAMBLER SHAFT AS SHOWN ON PLATE 4 OF NMBMMR BULL 72.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.09561, 32.17735

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 65 TO 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1924

Mining district

District name Victorio District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Borderland Mining Trust
    Home office Gage, N.M.
    First year 1924
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bradley Mining Co.
    Home office Gage, N.M.
    First year 1924

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 289.56M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED A 300 FT. SHAFT WHICH WAS CAVED BELOW 125 FT. AND CAVED AT THE COLLAR. HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE 100 FT. LEVEL IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE EXCESS SHAFT AND CONSISTS OF 950 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 82-85

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 291-292

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. AT INTERSECTION OF NE- AND N-TRENDING VEINS IN DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references