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Rescue Mine

Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071543
MRDS ID W014991
MAS/MILS ID 0160490565
Record type Site
Current site name Rescue Mine
Alternate or previous names Standard, Idaho Standard Mines Co., Unity, Miller

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66927, 45.25707 (WGS84)
Relative position .5 MI SE OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 11,12 W2E2SW (12) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. Side Warren Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result ORE AVE, $20 - 50/TON
Result SOME SELECTED ORE SAMPLES ASSAYED $7000/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dike-Lamprophyre
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dike-Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66927, 45.25707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Banding
Structure description Banding

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG S
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Rand, Inc.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kimberly Gold Mines
    Interest 100
    Home office 605 East 8th Street\nUnit C\nPost Falls ID 83854
    Year 2004
    First year 2004

Comments on the production information

  • $13,000 Au Was Produced In 1969. Item 8 $200,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • Crosscuts, Drifts, Tunnels, Stopes; Mostly Inaccessible

Comments on development

  • Up Until 1917 Known As Rescue Mine; 1917 Known As Standard Mine; Another Source States Rescue Mine Was The Idaho Standard Mines Company From 1913-1918; After Then, Known As Rescue Mine Again.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P.

  • Deposit

    Pointon, S. J., 1921, Warren Mining District: Northwest Mining Truth, V. 6, No. 13, P. 3 - 4.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    1975 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Rept.

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Parallel System Of Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAR-1995 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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