Rescue Mine

The Rescue Mine is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho.

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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

Name: Rescue Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Idaho

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 45.2572, -115.66830

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Rescue Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rescue Mine
Secondary: Standard
Secondary: Idaho Standard Mines Co.
Secondary: Unity
Secondary: Miller


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Warren District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Payette National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Kimberly Gold Mines
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 605 East 8th Street Unit C Post Falls ID 83854
Info Year: 2004
Years: 2004 -

Owner Name: Idaho Rand, Inc.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: VEINLETS, LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: L
Structure: Banding
Description: Banding


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Alteration Text: Sericitization


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granodiorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME SELECTED ORE SAMPLES ASSAYED $7000/TON
Analytical Data: ORE AVE, $20 - 50/TON


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): $13,000 Au Was Produced In 1969. Item 8 $200,000.

Comment (Deposit): Parallel System Of Veins

Comment (Development): Up Until 1917 Known As Rescue Mine; 1917 Known As Standard Mine; Another Source States Rescue Mine Was The Idaho Standard Mines Company From 1913-1918; After Then, Known As Rescue Mine Again.

Comment (Workings): Crosscuts, Drifts, Tunnels, Stopes; Mostly Inaccessible

Comment (Location): S. Side Warren Creek


References

Reference (Deposit): Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P.

Reference (Deposit): Pointon, S. J., 1921, Warren Mining District: Northwest Mining Truth, V. 6, No. 13, P. 3 - 4.

Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 90 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Rept.

Reference (Production): Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45


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