Rambler

The Rambler is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Rambler
Secondary: Challenger

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Narrow alteration envelopes reported by MacKevitt and others (1971).

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the area is often snow covered. It has potential for further discovery. The Rambler vein area is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Rambler vein area crops out on the east side of Lamplugh Glacier in an area underlain principally by granodiorite of Cretaceous age that encloses subordinate inclusions of metasedimentary rock. The granodiorite is cut by mafic dikes of northeast strike (MacKevett and others, 1971, p. 64). A major fault of north-northwest strike underlies and determines the linear course of Lamplugh Glacier (Brew and others, 1978); motion on that fault could have been important in opening the Rambler and nearby veins of northeast to east strike. As mapped by Rossman (1959, B 1058-B, pl. 4), the Rambler is in a vein swarm. The Rambler vein, of nearly east strike, is as much as 3-feet thick; most other veins strike about N. 60 E., pinch and swell characteristically and are traceable for 200-feet or less. The Rambler vein is pyritic; other veins, exposed or as float, contain arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, and sparse free gold. Of seven samples collected in the area and reported in MacKevett and others (1971, table 11), all except one contained at least 0.015 oz/ton gold. Maximum assay was 0.263 ounce per ton gold. Sampling by the Bureau of Mines (Kimball and others, 1978, p. C231) of short narrow high grade vein segments near Rambler contained as much as 6.45 ounce per ton gold in a narrow (about 0.35 foot) vein segment. Quartz, calcite, barite and feldspars are reported as vein minerals (MacKevett and others, 1971, p. 64).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The initial discovery was made by Joe Ibach before 1940. Four claims were located in 1936.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Rossman, 1959 (B 1058-B); MacKevett and others, 1971; Kimball and others, 1978

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = No reserves; several veins in swarm may have potential.

Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Gold (native)

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, AK: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map MF-436, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Rossman, Darwin, 1959, Geology and ore deposits in the Reid Inlet area, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-B, p. 33-58.

Reference (Deposit): Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.

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