Rambler

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258177
MRDS ID A013156
MAS/MILS ID 0021110029
Record type Site
Current site name Rambler
Alternate or previous names White Eagle, Challenger Nos. 1-2, Rambler Group, Big Thing, Rambler Nos. 1-3 & Extension
Related records 10002253

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -136.88542, 58.85052 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Fairweather NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 035 S 051 E 10 SWSWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -136.88542, 58.85052

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1M
    Length 0M
    Width 60M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N90E:90
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-006

  • Deposit

    B1058B pp. 35-36, 38, 44, 55

  • Deposit

    OF280 p. 112

  • Deposit

    P632 p. 64

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 p. 51

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 pp. C230-C233

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LGST. VEIN IN AREA, 3 FT. THICK. MUCH PYRITE, NO GALENA CLAIMS HAVE BEEN STAKED BY VARIOUS PEOPLE. SAMPLING IN 1976 CONSISTED OF CHANNEL SAMPLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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