The Rescue Mine is a antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Rescue Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rescue Mine
Secondary: Kaff-Rock
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Charleston
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. S. Brock And Ralp Kaffka
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite-Sedementary Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Chloritization, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE LAWRENCE 1963 P. 45
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 3 ADITS, A NUMBER OF PITS
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (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
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE (1963), ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 61
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