Mine detail: Rescue Mine

Previously called 'Kaff-Rock'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.70768, -115.50869

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite-Sedementary Contact
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Chloritization, Oxidation

References

MRDS	M233261
DEP	10104022
Reference	LAWRENCE (1963), ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 61
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.