The Rescue Eula Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,191 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,191 Feet (1,887 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.0675, -117.21972
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Rescue Eula Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rescue Eula Mining Co.
Secondary: Rescue Claim
Secondary: Eula Claim
Secondary: Rescue-Eula Shaft Last Thought Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mizpah Fault, Belmont Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,050 FT RESCUE-EULA SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 194
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
