The Helen Claims is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Helen Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helen Claims
Secondary: Helen Nos. 1-3
Secondary: Sunnyside
Secondary: Sunnyside Nos. 1&2
Secondary: Helen Fraction
Secondary: Helen Fraction Nos. 1&2 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Klondyke District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Crown Point Divide Mining Co.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMPS AND FOOTWALL ASSAYED 0.8-2.6 OZ/T AG, TR. AU (1920)
Analytical Data: VEIN HANGING WALL ASSAYED 27.6 OZ/T AG, TR. AU, 0.5% CU OVER 1.4 FT
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTS STRIKE N-S AND DIP 12-45 E
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF THE OLD MARIETTA MINE AND ONE MILE EAST OF THE ORIGINAL KLONDYKE MINE. 10 CLAIMS COVER 155 ACRES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN EARLY DAYS OF THE DISTRICT. IN 1920, 2 MEN WERE CHLORIDING A STREAK MAKING ABOUT 0.5 TON PER DAY OF $25.00 TO $30.00/TON ORE. 2 DUMPS PRESENT IN 1920 OF 150 TONS AND 10 TON
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEIN ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN LIME AND LIME SHALE WHICH HAS HAD SOME FAULT MOVEMENT
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, ONE TUNNEL, UNDERHAND STOPE, 15-FT DEEP INCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON CROWN POINT DIVIDE MINING CO.; NBMG FILE 94, ITEM 1
Nevada Gold
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.
