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Ranger Mine

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096849
MRDS ID D004819
Record type Site
Current site name Ranger Mine
Alternate or previous names Slag-A-Melt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67341, 45.37156 (WGS84)
Elevation 2454
Relative position 18 AIR MILES SW OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homer Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 017W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WRONG LOCATION ON JUMBO MTN QUAD. GEODETIC FIGURES-

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67341, 45.37156
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact With Carmen Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beaverhead Range

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A LOWER ADIT TRENDING N25W, AND AN UPPER ADIT, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET HIGHER, TRENDING N55W.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY OF MINE IS NOT KNOWN. IT WAS LAST WORKED IN 1930'S ACTIVE 1981, 82 ; ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE, POOR ROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 40

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 TO 4 FT. WIDE VEIN OUTCROPS BETWEEN ADITS, AND DIPS 55 SW. DUMP MATERIAL SHOWS DISSEMINATED MINERALS, AND PAPER-THIN MOLYBDENITE SEAMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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