The Old Abe Claim is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Old Abe Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Abe Claim
Commodity
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Copper Co.
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc Faults, Fracture
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OLD ABE VEIN
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): THIS CLAIM IS ONE OF THE GREY COPPER CORP'S UPPER GROUP, AND IS LOCATED ON SCHRADER'S (1912) CLAIM MAP. THE OLD ABE VEIN CROSSES THE GRANODIORITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT BUT IS MAINLY IN THE GRANODIORITE. IT IS 3,500 FT LONG AND 40 FT OR MORE WIDE. THE EXTENSION OF THE OLD ABE VEIN IN THE FACE OF THE H.B. SMITH TUNNEL STRIKES ABOUT N 25 E AND STANDS ALMOST VERTICAL. HERE THE VEIN IS IN LIMESTONE. MINERAL SURVEY 4241 THE AVERAGE OF 20 ASSAYS OF THE OLD ABE LODE IN THE HELEN B. SMITH TUNNEL (LIMESTONE HOST ROCK) GAVE 4.24% CU, 1.68 OZ AG, 145 OZ AU. THE RANGE FOR COPPER WAS .96% TO 13.38%. THERE ARE 3 OTHER TUNNELS THAT CUT THE OLD ABE LODE AT VARIOUS ELEVATIONS ABOVE THE H.B. SMITH TUNNEL: 1) THE "MAMMOTH TUNNEL CUTS THE OLD ABE VEIN FOR 35 FT. ALONG THE TUNNEL. ASSAYS RANGE FROM 2.4% TO 3.4% CU, WITH SOME AG. 2) THE 520 FT. TUNNEL EXPOSES CHALCOPYRITE BODIES RANGING FROM 3% TO 7% CU AND UP TO 7 OZ. AG. 3) THE 460 FOOT TUNNEL CUTS A BODY OF 5% CU ORE 30 FT. WIDE (REF: LEWIS, F.W. (1969?)
Comment (Deposit): GRAY MINES DIVISION, NEVADA COPPER COMPANY: NEVADA BUR. MINES & GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT OPEN-FILES, NO. 48, ITEM 4. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912), (1935).
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL 847-A.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
