Helen M Group

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045585
MRDS ID M233356
Record type Site
Current site name Helen M Group
Alternate or previous names Also Edno, Ionia, Lucky May, Audrosa Extension Lucky May No. 2, Lucky May No. 1, Apex - and As of 1963 Covering the Same General Area the Lucky Boy, Tom Boy, Bald Eagle, Grey Eagle, Blue Jay, Safety Pin, And the Kansas City Gray Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01758, 40.50602 (WGS84)
Relative position W SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 053E 09,04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01758, 40.50602

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porphyry Dike, Faults, Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Helen M. Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1913

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74

  • 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.

  • Production

    KETNER & SMITH, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF FAVORABLE LIMESTONE CONTROLLED BY FAULTS, FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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