Helen Rae Mine

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

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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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