The Rambled Mine is a gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Rambled Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rambled Mine
Secondary: Valley
Secondary: Crystal Springs
Secondary: Clemanth
Secondary: Rambler
Secondary: Cato
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Coloma District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $20-30/TON FOR ORE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): VALLEY, CRYSTAL SPR., CLEMANTHA, RAMBLER ARE N AND NE, THE CATO IS SE OF THE MAMMOTH MINE. LAT LONG ON CLEMANTHA.
Comment (Deposit): HIGH-GRADE OXIDIZED AU AND AG ORE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SULFIDE AND OXIDIZED ORE
Comment (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
Comment (Production): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 195-8.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 27
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660, MBMG BULL 8
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
