Rambled Mine

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019719
MRDS ID DC11220
Record type Site
Current site name Rambled Mine
Alternate or previous names Valley, Crystal Springs, Clemanth, Rambler, Cato

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38287, 46.84572 (WGS84)
Relative position SEVERAL VEINS PARALLEL AND N&S OF MAMMOTH WITHIN .5 MILE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 014W 28,33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • VALLEY, CRYSTAL SPR., CLEMANTHA, RAMBLER ARE N AND NE, THE CATO IS SE OF THE MAMMOTH MINE. LAT LONG ON CLEMANTHA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result $20-30/TON FOR ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Garnet Stock
    Rock description Garnet Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38287, 46.84572

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Garnet Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip S

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SULFIDE AND OXIDIZED ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years ITEM 1: PRE-1916

Mining district

District name Coloma District

Comments on the production information

  • CLEMANTHA YIELDED $30000 AND THE OTHER SMALLER AMOUNTS, RECENT SHIPMENTS FROM CLEMANTHA, RAMBLER, AND VALLEY HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN 1938, 1939 & 1950. CATO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE WORKED, RECENT PRODUCTION IN 1934, 1937, 1946.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH-GRADE OXIDIZED AU AND AG ORE.
Deposit VALLEY IS .1 KM NNE OF MAMMOTH, CRYSTAL IS .12 KM NW OF MAM., CLEMANTHA IS .32 KM N.OF MAM., RAMBLER IS .6 KM NE OF MAM., AND CATO IS .4 KM SE OF MAM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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