Latitude: 33°27'20"N
Longitude: 110°46'29"W
A former surface and underground Ag-Cu-Pb-Au mine located in the NE¼SE¼ sec. 1, T1N, R15E, at the head of Rescue Canyon, about 1.5 miles NNW of Black Peak, SE of Ramboz Peak. This property consists of 1 patented (MS 313) and 1 unpatented claim. Discovered 1870. Produced 1870-1950. In 1939 the Rescue Mine group was constituted of 8 unpatented claims and the patented Rescue claim. Owned by Jacob Judesh (1939). Operated by L. Racine (1950). Other previous operators include K.H. Forester and David Hartley, originally the Rescue M0ning Co.
Mineralization is a linear ore body. It is a 4 foot wide ore vein (vein varies from 2 to 15 feet in width) of chloride ore in a mineralized fissure, mainly in diabase, which can be traced for about 8,000 feet (2438 meters). In the eastern part, it strikes N70E, but in the western part, the strike changes to about N25E. The fissure is essentially vertical. The diabase is a thick sill intruded into the lower part of the Pioneer formation, which overlies Pinal schist in this area. The ADMR report also mentions diorite; however, none is mapped by Peterson, 1962. Mineralization is probably associated with an early Tertiary intrusive period, although the closest known Early Tertiary rock is at the Old Dominion Mine, 3 miles SW.
The fissure is slightly mineralized along most of its length. The oreshoot contained high-grade silver ore. The character of the vein matter apparently is very similar to that of the Ramboz vein. Abundant oxides of manganese.
Workings include an 80 foot (24.38 meter) deep shaft and an 84 foot long tunnel (1881), stopes, numerous open cuts and several shallow prospect pits. Tunnels and adits were driven from both the east and west side of the ridge.
Production before 1927 was not included in ABGMT-USBM file data. 1800's production was large. ADMR file estimates 3 million dollars of ore (period values).
References
The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory, compiled by Patrick Hamilton (1881), Scottsdale, AZ: 63.
The History of Arizona, 2nd. state legislature, Chap. X: 117.
Peterson, N.P. (1962), Geology and ore deposits of the Globe-Miami District, Arizona, USGS PP 342: 129, 131.
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet 161.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file Ag 2.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Rescue Mine file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10046306, MRDS ID #M241208; and Dep. ID #10160905, MAS ID #0040070581.
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