The Rescue is a arsenic, gold, lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Arsenic, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.72278, -118.78556
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Rescue MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rescue
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Susanville
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIM MAPS SHOW PROPERTY ADJOINS THE THOMPSON GROUP TO THE NORTH
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT 140 FEET DEEP AND AN ADIT OF UNKNOWN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MAIN VEIN AND THREE OTHER SMALL VEINS EXPOSED ON SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL 61 , P. 122 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14-B, P. 145
Oregon Gold
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