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Helen Rae Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087885
MRDS ID D010600
Record type Site
Current site name Helen Rae Mine
Alternate or previous names Helen Rae Group of Claims: Claims Patented In the 1890's, Texas G Irl, Copper Claim, Correction, Pacific, Evalena, Helen Rae, Tangle, Smuggler, Last Corner, Nameless, Neglect, John Bro Wn, Eighty-Seven, Leona, Schaenne, Texas Girl Millsite, Smug Gler Millsite
Related records 10126378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.74472, 33.53011 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES S46E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009S 012E 13 NW OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE NOGAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sierra Blanca Volcanics
    Rock description Sierra Blanca Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.74472, 33.53011
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Best Ore Shoots Were Found At Intersections Of The Main Vein And M Inor Crosscutting Veins.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Helen Rae Mining Co.
    Home office Gallup, N.M.
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leonard Sharpe, Haxton, Co.; And Clinton Rice, Carrizozo, N.M .
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 76-178

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 45-49

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 16, FIGURE 2

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
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.
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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