Rescue Mine

The Rescue Mine is a antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

Name: Rescue Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 41.70778, -115.50778

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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


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.