Evelyn Mine

The Evelyn Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,381 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Evelyn Mine
Secondary: Mine: Evelyn Copper-Gold Claims
Secondary: Evelyn Property
Secondary: Patented Claims 1921: Santa Rosa
Secondary: Shannon
Secondary: Brown Gold-Copper
Secondary: Manhattan Gold-Copper
Secondary: Evelyn Gold-Copper

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Cerrillos

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Page Rodman And W.G. Franklin
Years: 1912 -

Owner Name: W. Simonson, Denver, Co. And Alec Mathieson, Cerrillos, Nm
Years: 1945 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1910
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Faults And Shear Zones

Type: L
Description: A Set Of Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THE ORE SHIPPED IN THE LATE 1920'S WAS A SILICEOUS OXIDIZED ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 2.5 PERCENT COPPER AS MALACHITE AND 0.2 OUNCE OF GOLD PER TON.

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN 7 VEINS THAT STRIKE N 30 TO 60 E AND DIP STEEPLY TO THE NORTHWEST OR SOUTHEAST IN AN AUGITE-BIOTITE MONZONITE. ONLY THE GOSSANS ARE EXPOSED. THE GOSSAN IS HIGHLY ALTERED ROCK AND VEINLETS OF QUARTZ AND CHACEDONY ARE STAINED HEAVILY WITH LIMONITE AND MANGANESE OXIDES. THE AREAIS COVERED BY 5 PATENTED CLAIMS (PATENT NO. 818586; MIN. SUR. NO. 1659) DATING FROM 1921. THE CLAIMS ARE THE SHANNON, SANTA ROSA, BROWN GOLD-COPPER, MANHATTAN GOLD-COPPER AND THE EVELYN GOLD-COPPER.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS AND THREE DRIFTS AND STOPES. THE EVELYN SHAFT IS SAID TO BE 247 FEET DEEP BUT INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Production): THE GREATER PART OF THE PRODUCTION WAS MINED BY ALEC MATHIESON AND JOE ZUCAL IN THE LATE 1920'S. THIS PRODUCTION PROBABLY AMOUNTED TO 1500 TO 2000 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Deposit): THE EVELYN MINE IS THE ONLY MINE IN THE CERRILLOS DISTRICT TO HAVE SHIPPED COPPER-GOLD ORE RATHER THAN ZINC-LEAD-SILVER ORE.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Deposit): DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 51-52

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 52

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