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New Rambler Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Nickel
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103638
MRDS ID M045455
MAS/MILS ID 560010180
Record type Site
Current site name New Rambler Mine
Alternate or previous names Rambler Mine, Electrolytic Mine, Holmes Mine, Great Rambler
Included sites New Rambler District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.28111, 41.22028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2957
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 30 MI SOUTHEAST OF SARATOGA NEAR CREST OF THE MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS; ABOUT 9.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL. Shaft is labeled "Rambler Mine" on topo., Acc. Within 10 m.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015N 079W 33 N2 OF SW4 OF SW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF DOUGLAS CREEK JUST EAST OF THE CARBON-ALBANY COUNTY LINE. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
  • Site is now in the yard of a vacation cabin amid a well established and growing cabin/second home community. The workings have been long since abandoned.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Platinum Secondary
Palladium Secondary
Nickel Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CR, V, TI, CO, ZN, TE, AND BI HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Atacamite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Digenite Ore
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Melaconite Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Realgar Ore
Silver Ore
Sperrylite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Azurite Ore
Copper Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Phyllic, Development Of Jasperoid, Silicification

Analytical data

Result PD:PT:OS+IR+RU+RH=1,800:100:1. AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS FOR SEVERAL ROCK TYPES: 8-120 PPB PT, 2-113 PPB PD, 23-68 PPM CU, 53-468 PPM NI, 23-81 PPM CO, 150-1,250 PPM CR, 73-213 V (MCCALLUM AND OTHERS). AVERAGE OF MINE WASTE: 3,000 PPM CU, 7 PPM AG, 1.1 PPM PT+PD, 0.8 PPM AU (THEOBALD AND THOMPSON). COMPOSITE SAMPLES OF HESS, IN OZ/TON: 0.06 PT, 0.04 PD, 0.04 IR, 0.1 AG, TR AU. SEE REFERENCES FOR OTHER ANALYTICAL DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.28111, 41.22028
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Local New Rambler Mine Located At A Complex Intersection Of Shear Zones
Regional Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form PODLIKE SULFIDE MASSES, VEINS, LENSES, STREAKS, DISSEMINATED
    Strike NW
    Dip 40 E
    Thickness 9.14M
    Width 15.24M
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Information from consolidated and then deleted record 10181503: Length 13 m; Width 9 m; Depth to top 25 M; Thickness 9 m. Type of Orebody #1: Other Shape of Orebody #1: Irregular Primary mode of origin: Hydrothermal Primary Ore control: Faulting Secondary Ore control: Fracturing Type of Wallrock Alter. #1: Propylitic Type of Wallrock Alter. #2: Silicification Type of Wallrock Alter. #3: Sericitic Minimum depth to Top: 15 (units not specified) Date of Last modification: 810129

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Rock Concentrated Along Zones Of Intense Cataclastic Deformation

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS COVERED BY GLACIAL DEBRIS. HOST ROCKS ARE THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF PLATINUM METALS. TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION WERE PROBABLY BETWEEN 300 AND 340 DEGREES C.
  • From merged and deleted record 1081503 (0560010088 and M045455): THE DIORITE AND GABBRO LISTED IN THE LR DATA SET ARE ACTUALLY METADIORITE AND METAGABBRO.
  • From merged and deleted record 1081503 (0560010088 and M045455): ONLY THE MORE IMPORTANT ORE MINERALS ARE LISTED. OTHER MINERALS PRESENT INCLUDE CHALCOTRYCHITE, ATACAMITE, CHALCANTHITE, PYRRHOTITE, LORANDITE, ORPIMENT, REALGAR, PYRITE, MARCASITE, MAGNETITE, PENTLANDITE, SPHALERITE, MACKINAWITE, ELECTRUM, GOETHITE, LIMONITE, JASPEROID, VILLAMANINITE, DIGENITE, VIOLARITE, MERENSKYITE, MICHENORITE, KOTULSKITE, RHODIAN SPERRYLITE, MOLYBDENITE, AND MALACONITE. TEN PT AND PD MINERALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE ORE, EIGHT OF THEM BISMUTHO-TELLURIDES OR TELLURIDES.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1877
Discoverer W.C. Knight (Pt Metals)
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1918
Production years SPORADIC PRODUCTION FROM 1900-1918

Mining district

District name New Rambler District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fowlie, William H.
    Home office New York
    Year 1951

Comments on the ownership information

  • From merged and deleted record 1081503 (0560010088 and M045455): PERCENT OF OWNERSHIP UNKNOWN, BUT PROBABLY 100. NOT KNOWN IF MR. FOWLIE IS STILL THE OWNER AT PRESENT TIME.

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1900-1919
    Material Total Production: 6080 Short tons ore containing: 1,753,924 pounds Cu, 171.35 oz Au, 7,346 oz Ag, 170.16 oz Pt, 451.409 oz Pd.

Comments on the production information

  • 7,000 TONS ORE SHIPPED; 4,000 TONS WERE PRODUCED AT 25-30% CU. BY 1906 MORE THAN $120,000 WORTH OF COPPER AND PLATINUM ORE HAD BEEN MINED FROM NEW RAMBLER. HIGH-GRADE ORE AVERAGED 2.41 OZ/TON PD, 0.12 OZ/TON PT. IT IS THOUGHT THAT DEPOSIT IS MINED OUT
  • From merged and deleted record 1081503 (0560010088 and M045455): THE DATE FOR YEAR OF DISCOVERY IS APPROXIMATE. THE PRODUCTION FIGURES GIVEN ARE FOR THE TOTAL TIME OF PRODUCTION, 1900-1919, EVEN THOUGH THAT PRODUCTION WAS INTERMITTENT. IN 1918, THE MINE WAS CLOSED BY FIRE, BUT SEVERAL CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1919. PLATINUM WAS NOT DISCOVERED IN THE ORE UNTIL 1901.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Total resources 6,350mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 7.5 wt-pct Copper Primary 1949
    Platinum Pt 8.5699 g/mt PGE Secondary 1949

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SYSTEMATIC GEOLOGICALLY GUIDED EXPLORATION IN THIS PROVINCE HAS REASONABLE PROBABILITY OF DISCOVERING AN ORE DEPOSIT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 51.82M
    Overall length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • NONE OF THE MINES IN THE NEW RAMBLER DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE TODAY. (All are on private property, but none are posted to keep out).
  • Blanche shaft, 600-700 yards (meters) west of the New Rambler Mine was an exploration shaft developed to find the western extent of the New Rambler ore body. It was sunk to a depth of 160 ft. At 120 ft. it penetrated a zone of low-grade copper mineralization. (PIC-32, p. 39).

Comments on development

  • PT DISCOVERED IN 1901

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045455
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 560010088 =newMRDS 10181503, merged and deleted.
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 560010180 =newMRDS 10181835, mreged and deleted.

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THEOBALD, P.K., JR., AND THOMPSOM, C.E., 1968, PLATINUM AND ASSOCiATED ELEMENTS AT THE NEW RAMBLER MINE AND VICINITY, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 607, 14 P.

  • Production

    Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. 31.

  • Deposit

    TAFT, H.H., 1918, A WYOMING PLATINUM MINE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 106, NO. 21, P. 900.

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1942, RAMBLER MINE, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: WAR MINERALS REPT. 17, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACH, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 9-10.

  • Deposit

    DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906 , USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1220-1221.

  • Deposit

    MCCALLUM, M.E., LOUCKS, R.R., CARLSON, R.R., COOLEY, E.F., AND DOERGE, T.A., 1976, PLATINUM METALS ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL COPPER ORES OF THE NEW RAMBLER MINE, MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, P. 1429-1450.

  • Deposit

    LIND, S.C., DAVIS, C.W., AND VON BERNEWITZ, M.W., 1923, PLATINUM ASSAYS AND PLATINUM PROMOTIONS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2496, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, S.F., 1903, PLATINUM IN COPPER ORES IN WYOMING, IN CONTRIBUTIONS OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1902: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 213, P. 94-97.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1911, CONCENTRATION OF PLATINIFEROUS COPPER ORE AT THE RAMBLER MINE, WYOMING: JOURN. METAL. AND CHEM. ENG., VOL. 9, NO. 2, P. 75-78.

  • Deposit

    BEELER, H.C., 1906, MINERAL AND ALLIED RESOURCES OF ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING, AND VICINITY: THE LARAMIE REPUBLICAN CO., PRINTERS, LARAMIE, WYO., 79 P.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, N.W., PAGE, N.J., AND JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, MAP AND LIST OF REPORTED OCCURRENCES OF PLATINUM-GROUP METALS IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES: U.S., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-861, 2 SHEETS.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 780, P. 127-135.

  • Deposit

    JOLLY, J.H., 1978, PLATINUM-GROUP METALS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. COMMOD. PROFILE MCP-22, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    KASTELER, J.I., AND FREY, E., 1949. DIAMOND DRILLING AT THE RAMBLER COPPER MINE, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. BUR. MINES REPT. INV. 4544, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J.F., 1904, PLATINUM IN THE RAMBLER MINE, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., (1902), P. 244-250.

  • Deposit

    MCCALLUM, M.E., 1964, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE PRE-CAMBRIAN AND POST-MISSISSIPPIAN ROCKS OF THE EAST-CENTRAL PORTION OF THE MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: UNPUB. PHD. THESIS, UNIV. OF WYOMING, 164 P.

  • Deposit

    OSTERWALD, F.W., AND OSTERWALD, D.B., 1952, WYOMING MINERAL RESOURCES: WYOMING GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 45, 215 P.

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, A.F., 1912, LORANDITE FROM THE RAMBLER MINE: AM. JOUR. SCI., VOL. 33, P. 105-106.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, NO DATE, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 21.2: UNPUB. PROPRIETARY FILE LOCATED AT U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, DENVER, COLO.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1942, RAMBLER MINE, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: WAR MINERALS REPT. 17, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, H.L., AND PENFIELD, S.L., 1902, ON A NEW OCCURRENCE OF SPERRYLITE (WYOMING): AM. JOUR. SCI., 4TH SER., VOL. 13, P. 95-96.

  • Deposit

    WYOMING STATE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION, 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    Hausel and Sutherland, 2000, WGS Bull. 71, 268 p.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1987, WGS Bull. 68, p. 126-132.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.

  • Deposit

    Wilson, W.D., and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 50, 287 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERSECTION OF NW AND NE TRENDING MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES. ORES WERE NEAR SURFACE, OXIDIZED, GOLD BEARING. AT 65 FT ENCOUNTERED SUPERGENE COPPER ORE WITH PLATINUM-GROUP METALS. HYPOGENE ORE WAS NEVER MINED. DIMENSIONS ARE OF LARGEST POD. DEPOSIT CONTAINED THREE SMALL ORE BODIES; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.
Deposit RECORD W032390 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Deposit From merged and deleted record 1081503 (0560010088 and M045455): THIS DATA SET IS INCLUDED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESCRIBING THE ORE GEOMETRY AS IT EXISTED AT THE TIME OF PRODUCTION. THIS DATA DOES NOT IMPLY THE EXISTENCE OF ANY RESERVES AT THE PRESENT TIME. TYPE OF ORE BODY- THE ORE WAS LOCATED IN THREE SMALL PODS THAT WERE STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED EITHER BY FISSURES OR BY THE INTERSECTION OF A MYLONITE ZONE WITH TWO DISTINCT SHEAR ZONES, DEPENDING ON THE PUBLISHED SOURCE. EARLY BELIEF WAS THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS OF THE FISSURE VEIN TYPE, BUT LATER STUDY SUGGESTS THAT THE ORE WAS LOCATED IN MAFIC BLOCKS THAT WERE TECTONICALLY TRANSLATED PROJECTIONS OF THE MULLEN CREEK LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSIVE COMPLEX. THESE BLOCKS WERE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF A NORTHEAST- TRENDING MYLONITE ZONE WITH AN EAST-WEST MILE-WIDE ZONE OF INTENSELY SHEARED ROCKS AND WITH A SET OF FOUR CLOSE- SPACED NORTHWEST-TRENDING FRACTURES. DEGREE OF WALL ROCK ALTERATION- VARIABLE FROM SLIGHT TO INTENSE. DIMENSIONS OF THE THREE ORE BODIES WERE SIMILAR. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE AVERAGES OF THE DIMENSIONS OF THE THREE INDIVIDUAL BODIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-02-01 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 1991-08-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1993-02-09 Sawyer, Michael B. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2009-02-04 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Site visit, Aug. 3, 2010.