Ramboz Mine

Site Name

Primary: Ramboz Mine
Secondary: Silver Glance
Secondary: Rambo Group

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Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

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Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District

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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.

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Duber, John
Years: 1954 -

Owner Name: Inez Thomas Estate
Years: 1958 -

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Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953-1954
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^24.1% Mn
Year: 1944
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^25.6% Mn

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Form: LENSES AND STRINGERS

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Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne And Ene Faults. Fault Block Of Pinal Schist And Madera Diorite Is Immediately E Of Mine

Type: L
Description: Ene Trending Ramboz Vein Fault Intersects Two Parallel N20e Trending Faults Directly Ne Of Mine, Forming A Broad Fracture Zone, All Mineralized. Small Outcrop Area Of Pioneer Formation, Prec, Is Found E Of This Zone, With Nw Strike And 30 Sw Dip

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized On All Levels

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Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 30 PER CENT MANGANESE SHIPPED IN 1943

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Materials

Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Ankerite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz

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Comments

Comment (Development): 8 CLAIMS INCLUDING THE SILVER GLANCE, FORMERLY THE DYNAMITE CLAIM, UNPATENTED, PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE HENSON THOMAS, MRS. THOMAS AND JACOB JUDESH (1939), MARGARET HARDING (1942), L. W. RACINE AND W. F. SCHOLL (1942), M. L. FEAGLES, CLARENCE HUGHES, ANDREW SITICA. WORKED FOR MANGANESE IN 1940'S

Comment (Location): ADJOINS RESCUE MINE SE SIDE OF RAMBOZ PEAK

Comment (Commodity): RHODOCHROSITE, ANKERITE, AND GALENA FOUND IN SMALL POCKET ONLY

Comment (Production): MOST OF THE PRODUCTION FROM THE CLAIM WAS MINED FROM A LENS OF ORE ALONG WESTERN SIDE

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, TUNNEL AND OPEN CUTS. 100 FT OF STOPE 3-4 FT WIDE, STRIKINE NE, IS FOUND A BASE OF SHAFT. OTHER TUNNELS INCLUDED AN ADIT 90 FT LONG

Comment (Deposit): VEIN WIDTH RANGES FROM FRACTION OF AN INCH TO 6 FT WIDE

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References

Reference (Production): USBM IC 7990, P. 57; USGS PP342, P131

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7990, P. 57

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 130

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 12, P. 115

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