The Doane-Rambler Mine (including Rex Mine) is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,301 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 9,301 Feet (2,835 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.15861, -107.00639
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Doane-Rambler Mine (including Rex Mine) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Doane-Rambler Mine (including Rex Mine)
Secondary: Rex Mine
Secondary: Doan Rambler Mine
Secondary: Old Doane Copper Mine
Secondary: Doane Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: stratabound
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, Besshi
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Age Old: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Cu 10-40% and Au & Ag $7.00 per ton or per car in early shipments (Vandenberge, 1906; Menzer,1981); 4% Co (Armstrong, 1970 - has not been verified); Cu 25ppm to 2.1%; Ag 0 to 6.8ppm; dump samples by McCallUm and Menzer, 1982.
Materials
Ore: Lorandite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): Patented claims cover area.
Comment (Location): Inlcudes mine shaft and adits in this 1/4 section.
Comment (Geology): E-W trending, 65-75N dipping Cascade Quartzite, nearby E-W trending faults and shears within Cheyenne Belt
Comment (Geology): brecciated quartzite cemented by chalcopyrite and chalcocite; mineralized siliceous mylonite, mica schist, and brecciated dolomite; ore both localized at fracture plane intersection with bedding planes, and stratiform.
Comment (Workings): adits, shafts, drifts, crosscuts, stopes; (mine map by Spencer, 1904 is reprinted in Hausel, 1997)
Comment (Geology): brecciated quartzite; siliceous mylonite; mica schist; brecciated dolomite
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT-BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE IN QTZITE OF PRECAMBRIAN AGE
Comment (General): Morse Bros. Machine Co. [listed in references in deleted record 10181952]
References
Reference (Deposit): Armstrong, 1970, Grand Encampment 1898-1912--High country treasure: Rawlins Newspaper, Inc., Rawlins, Wyoming, 19 p.
Reference (Deposit): Messerschmidt, 1972, The Grand Encampment: The Grand Encampment Museum, Encampment, Wyoming, 44 p.
Reference (Deposit): Vanderberge, 1906, An independent engineer's report on the properties of the Penn-Wyoming copper company and the Grand Encampment mining district: WSGS Mineral Report MR06-1, 25 p.
Reference (Deposit): Whalen, 1954a, USAEC DEB RRD-1375
Reference (Deposit): Platt, 1947, Little known Wyoming locality: The Mineralogist, v. 15, no. 5, p. 227-230.
Reference (Deposit): Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 61-71.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 166-167.
Reference (Deposit): Roberts, W.L, Rapp, G.R, Jr., and Weber, J., 1974, Encyclopedia of minerals: Van Nostrand, New Yoirk, 693 p.
Reference (Deposit): Beeler, 1905, Report on the Investors mining and prospecting company property at Rambler, Carbon County, Wyoming: WSGS MR05-58, 5 p.
Reference (Deposit): US AEC PRELIM FIELD INV-AIRBORNE RA ANOMALIES
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50 [rev.], p. 210.
Pages: p. 210.
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