The Old Abe Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.75528, -105.75583
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Old Abe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Abe Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1892 and 1896
Secondary: Robert E. Lee
Secondary: White Oaks
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks 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: Hudspeth, A. H. (Estate)
Home Office: Carrizozo, N.M.
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Q. B. Q. Mining Co.
Home Office: White Oaks, N.M.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1879
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: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Huebnerite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SHOOTS AND POCKETS WITHIN A ZONE OF INTENSE BRECCIATION. INDIVIDUAL ORE SHOOTS VARIABLE BUT STOPED AREAS IN THE MINE ARE UP TO 31 FT. THICK, 600 FT. ALONG STRIKE, AND 700 FT. IN VERTICAL LENGTH. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 758 AND 759, COVERING A TOTAL OF 17.67 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 1400 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, AN 800 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 160 FT. WINZE, AND MORE THAN 16500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES ON 27 WORKING LEVELS. BOTH SHAFTS WERE CAVED NEAR THE SURFACE AND INACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 179-182
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 30-34
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 33-36
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J., 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., 1964 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 15TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 92-99
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 28 AND P. 34.
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