Mine detail: New Rambler Mine

Previously called 'Holmes Mine, Electrolytic Mine, Rambler Mine, Great Rambler'

Location:	Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long:	41.22025, -106.28174
dep_id:	10103638
mrds_id:	M045455
mas_id:	560010180
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Palladium, Platinum, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral:	Nickel
Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Electrum, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Melaconite, Orpiment, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Silver, Sperrylite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite, Azurite, Copper
gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite, Barite
orebody_fm:	PODLIKE SULFIDE MASSES, VEINS, LENSES, STREAKS, DISSEMINATED
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Propylitic, Phyllic, Development Of Jasperoid, Silicification
conc_proc:	Classic Supergene Enriched Zone, Derived By Hydrothermal Leaching Of Sheared Mafic Rocks. Gossan Overlies Oxidized Zone
ore_ctrl:	Mineralized Rock Concentrated Along Zones Of Intense Cataclastic Deformation
Reporter:	Intermountain Field Operations Center, Wilson, Anna B., Sawyer, Michael B., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Barari, Rachel A., Blair, Will N.
hrock_type:	Diorite,Gabbro,Peridotite,Pyroxenite
Structure:	Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, New Rambler Mine Located At A Complex Intersection Of Shear Zones
tectonic:	Rocky Mountains
Year first produced:	1900
yr_lst_prd:	1918
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1877
prod_yrs:	SPORADIC PRODUCTION FROM 1900-1918
discr:	W.C. Knight (Pt Metals)
References:	Deposit:: THEOBALD, P.K., JR., AND THOMPSOM, C.E., 1968, PLATINUM AND ASSOCAITED ELEMENTS AT THE NEW RAMBLER MINE AND VICINITY, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 607, 14 P. Deposit:: TAFT, H.H., 1918, A WYOMING PLATINUM MINE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 106, NO. 21, P. 900. 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. Production:: Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-23, p. 31.