Abe Lincoln Mine

The Abe Lincoln Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,881 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Abe Lincoln Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock 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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Shcist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e

Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically-Related (?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor To None

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM DUMPS: 0.46 % U.

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): OPENED IN 1917 AS A COPPER PROSPECT, PRODUCING A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY (PALEOCENE-MIOCENE) AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS. THE INSTRUSIVE ROCKS ARE UNDATED, BUT PROBABLY 1750 MILLION YEARS AND OLDER.

Comment (Commodity): THE SURROUNDING AREA MAY CONTAIN MINABLE LOW-GRADE U.

Comment (Production): NO U PRODUCTION TO 1962

Comment (Deposit): VEINS IN FAULT ZONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5651, P. 19-24.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, 1918, V. 2, NO. 7, P. 6-8.

Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1147-A, P. 45.

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