The American Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.52806, -105.74278
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American Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1896
Secondary: American: Sometimes Included In the Hele N Rae Group of Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal Mine
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Helen Rae Mining Co.
Home Office: Gallup, N.M.
Years: 1930 -
Owner Name: J. H. Fulmer
Home Office: Carrizozo, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Best Ore Shoots Were Found At Intersections Of The Main Vein And M Inor Crosscutting Veins.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 495 COVERING 6.19 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 WERE INACCESSIBLE AND IN THE 1930'S CON SISTED OF A SHORT ADIT LEVEL CONNECTED TO A 400 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WIT H THREE DEEPER WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 1600 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES.
Comment (Production): LINGREN, ET AL, 1910, P. 177, REPORTED ABOUT 125000 DOLLARS PRODUC TION VALUE UP TO 1900, BUT ALL PRODUCTION FROM THE AMERICAN MINE WAS R EPORTED WITH THE HELEN RAE MINE PRODUCTION.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE NOGAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 76-178
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 45-50
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 16, FIGURE 2
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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