The Ranger Mine is a mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,051 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.37167, -113.67250
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Ranger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ranger Mine
Secondary: Slag-A-Melt Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Beaverhead Range
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): WRONG LOCATION ON JUMBO MTN QUAD. GEODETIC FIGURES-
Comment (Development): HISTORY OF MINE IS NOT KNOWN. IT WAS LAST WORKED IN 1930'S ACTIVE 1981, 82 ; ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE, POOR ROAD
Comment (Deposit): 3 TO 4 FT. WIDE VEIN OUTCROPS BETWEEN ADITS, AND DIPS 55 SW. DUMP MATERIAL SHOWS DISSEMINATED MINERALS, AND PAPER-THIN MOLYBDENITE SEAMS.
Comment (Workings): A LOWER ADIT TRENDING N25W, AND AN UPPER ADIT, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET HIGHER, TRENDING N55W.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 40
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. 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.
