The Rescue Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.45556, -110.77500
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Rescue Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rescue Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Judesh, Jacob
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Racine, L.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Faults And Isolated Remnants Of Pioneer Formation. Pioneer Is Oriented Nw With 20-40 Sw Dip In Area
Type: L
Description: Ene Trending Rescue Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF RESCUE CANYON IN TONTO NATIONAL FOREST. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION BEFORE 1927 NOT INCLUDED IN ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA. 1800'S PRODUCTION WAS LARGE, ADMR FILE ESTIMATES 3 MILLION DOLLARS OF ORE.
Comment (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.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN VARIES FROM 2 TO 15 FT IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE TUNNELS, STOPES AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. TUNNELS AND ADITS DRIVEN FROM BOTH EAST AND WEST SIDE OF RIDGE.
Comment (Geology): 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
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 131.
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