The Rumley Mine is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Rumley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rumley Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Basin (Cataract, Comet) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Guilio, Harold
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $65-200 /TON (1872), 50% PB
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, GALENA- AND CERUSSITE-BEARING, WERE 6 FT WIDE AND CONTAINED 50% PB.
Comment (Workings): MINE REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED BY 50 FT. SHAFT, AND A 36 FT. DRIFT NORTH ALONG TWO VEINS. RUMLEY SHAFT IS ABOUT 4000 FT SOUTHEAST OF THE COMET SHAFT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ACTIVE SURFACE MINING INDICATES EXISTANCE OF SIGNIFICANT LOW-GRADE RESERVES
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF RUMLEY SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, PL. 1.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16, P. 104.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 20, 30, 36, 104
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.
