American Mine

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

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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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