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Rescue Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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 10104022
MRDS ID M233261
Record type Site
Current site name Rescue Mine
Alternate or previous names Kaff-Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.50869, 41.70768 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Annie Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 057E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SEE LAWRENCE 1963 P. 45

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.50869, 41.70768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite-Sedementary Contact

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANORIORITE HAS INTRUDED UNDIFFERENTIATED PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MINE. SEVERAL NARROW RHYOLITIC TO ANDESITIC DIKES CUT THE OTHER ROCKS. A NARROW SHEAR ZONE MARKS THE GRANODIORITE-SEDIMENTARY CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Charleston

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. S. Brock And Ralp Kaffka
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 3 ADITS, A NUMBER OF PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE (1963), ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/SHEAR ZONE
Deposit OWNED BY R. S. BROCK AND RALP KAFFKA IN 1957. WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 60 FT. SHAFT, THREE ADITS, AND A NUMBER OF PITS. LAWRENCE (1963) PL. 3. HAS PUBLISHED A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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