Rambler

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019070
MRDS ID DC08478
Record type Site
Current site name Rambler

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10563, 46.1935 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.6 KM SW OF OLSON MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 09,16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF OLSON GULCH, NEAR THE VALLEY FLOOR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10563, 46.1935

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike S 20 W
    Dip 54 W
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Hanson And Others
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADITS, PITS

Comments on development

  • IN 1890 IT PRODUCED AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 5612, P. 2, 43, 45, 54.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, FIG. 21.

  • Production

    USBM RI 5612, P. 54.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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