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Rambler Mine

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157550
MRDS ID W900292
MAS/MILS ID 560070376
Record type Site
Current site name Rambler Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.9961, 41.1592 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Adit labeled on topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt 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 Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 14N 85W 30 NENW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result Au 8 ppb; Ag <0.2 ppm; WSGS 1996 sample; 80-400 ppm; Menzer, 1981

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 92
USGS model code 24b.1
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi
Mark3 model number 98

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Cascade Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.9961, 41.1592
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name E-W trending Cheyenne Belt

Comments on the geologic information

  • E-W trending, near vertical Cascade Quartzite, nearby E-W trending faults and shears within Cheyenne Belt.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Patented Claims

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings adit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 177.

  • Location

    USGS 7.5 MIN QUADRANGLE-RED MOUNTAIN

  • Deposit

    Menzer, 1981, Colo. State Univ., M.S. thesis.

  • Deposit

    Houston and Graff, 1995, USGS Map I-2452.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-02-04 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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