The Helen Rae 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: 33.53, -105.74417
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Helen Rae Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helen Rae Mine
Secondary: Helen Rae Group of Claims: Claims Patented In the 1890's
Secondary: Texas G Irl
Secondary: Copper Claim
Secondary: Correction
Secondary: Pacific
Secondary: Evalena
Secondary: Helen Rae
Secondary: Tangle
Secondary: Smuggler
Secondary: Last Corner
Secondary: Nameless
Secondary: Neglect
Secondary: John Bro Wn
Secondary: Eighty-Seven
Secondary: Leona
Secondary: Schaenne
Secondary: Texas Girl Millsite
Secondary: Smug Gler Millsite
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal District
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: Leonard Sharpe, Haxton, Co.; And Clinton Rice, Carrizozo, N.M .
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Helen Rae Mining Co.
Home Office: Gallup, N.M.
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1885
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 Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Deposit): SIX PATENTED MILLSITES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COPPER CLAIM, CORRECTIO N, PACIFIC, EVALENA, HELEN RAE AND TANGLE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE HELEN RAE MINE ALONG NOGAL CANYON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE NOGAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): FIFTEEN PATENTED CLAIMS AND TWO PATENTED MILLSITES; MINERAL SURVE Y NUMBERS 572, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 583, 646, 676, 687, 696, 697, 700, AND 705; COVERING 215 ACRES. THESE CLAIMS ARE NORTH OF THE A MERICAN MINE AND CENTERED AROUND THE COMMON CORNER OF SECTIONS 11, 12, 13, AND 14.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT, THE HELEN RAE ADIT, THE EVALENA ADIT, AND SEVERAL SMALLER ADITS AND SHAFTS. THE MINE WAS FLOODED AND THE ADITS CAVED IN 1959 BUT DRIFTS AND STOPES ARE REPORTED TO TOTAL MORE THAN 2000 FT. IN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 16, FIGURE 2
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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. 45-49
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