Helen M Group

The Helen M Group is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Helen M Group
Secondary: Also Edno
Secondary: Ionia
Secondary: Lucky May
Secondary: Audrosa Extension Lucky May No. 2
Secondary: Lucky May No. 1
Secondary: Apex - and As of 1963 Covering the Same General Area the Lucky Boy
Secondary: Tom Boy
Secondary: Bald Eagle
Secondary: Grey Eagle
Secondary: Blue Jay
Secondary: Safety Pin
Secondary: And the Kansas City Gray Eagle Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Helen M. Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1913 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF FAVORABLE LIMESTONE CONTROLLED BY FAULTS, FISSURES.

Comment (Deposit): TEH HELEN M GROUP WAS COMPRISED OF THE LUCKY MAY, LUCKY MAY NO 1, LUCKY MAY NO 2, ANDROSA EXTENSION, HELEN M, EDNA, AND THE IONIA CLAIMS WHICH WERE CONSOLIDATED AS THE HELEN M. MINING AND MILLING CO. (1913) THIS CLAIM GROUP WAS LATER REARRANGED AS SHOWN ON KETNER'S MAP OF PATENTED CLAIMS, WITH NEW NAMES EVOLVING FOR THE OLD. THE NEW PATENTED CLAIMS, COVERING MUCH OF THE SAME GROUND ARE (KETNER 1963)D LUCKY BOY, TOM BOY, BALD EAGLE, GREY EAGLE, SAFETY PIN, BLUE JAY, AND KANSAS CITY. THE GROUP IS DEPICTED ON THE USGS MAP AS THE GRAY EAGLE MINE. (CARLIN, NEV 15). THE ENNOR VEIN AND OTHERS WERE DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS ON THE DIFFERENT CLAIMS ON THE STEEP WESTERN SIDE OF BUNKER HILL ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS

References

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74

Reference (Deposit): KETNER, K. B., AND SMITH, JR, J. F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE RAIL ROAD MINING DISTRICT ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1162-B.

Reference (Production): KETNER & SMITH, 1963

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.