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Rescue Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046306
MRDS ID M241208
Record type Site
Current site name Rescue Mine
Related records 10160905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77569, 33.45564 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES NNW OF BLACK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 15E 01 NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF RESCUE CANYON IN TONTO NATIONAL FOREST. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77569, 33.45564
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Faults And Isolated Remnants Of Pioneer Formation. Pioneer Is Oriented Nw With 20-40 Sw Dip In Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene Trending Rescue Vein

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N70E TO N25E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 2438.4M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ene Trending Fault/Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIABASE FORMS A THICK SILL. ADMR REPORT ALSO MENTIONS DIORITE. HOWEVER NONE IS MAPPED BY PETERSON, 1962. MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD, ALTHOUGH CLOSEST KNOWN ETERT ROCK IS AT OLD DOMINION MINE, 3 MILES SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Racine, L.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Judesh, Jacob
    First year 1939

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BEFORE 1927 NOT INCLUDED IN ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA. 1800'S PRODUCTION WAS LARGE, ADMR FILE ESTIMATES 3 MILLION DOLLARS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 792.48M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE TUNNELS, STOPES AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. TUNNELS AND ADITS DRIVEN FROM BOTH EAST AND WEST SIDE OF RIDGE.

Comments on development

  • CONSISTS OF 1 PATENTED (MS 313) AND 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM; OTHER PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE K.H. FORESTER AND DAVID HARTLEY, ORIGINALLY RESCUE MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 342, P. 131.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN VARIES FROM 2 TO 15 FT IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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