The Abe Lincoln Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.92889, -114.48333
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Abe Lincoln Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Abe Lincoln Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Trending N30w, 6 Se Cuts Off Vein On The East
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS FOR ABE LINCOLN AND HALF-MOON MINES COMBINED
Comment (Location): GULCH SOUTH OF HALF-MOON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ BEDDING VEIN IN SHALE. PROBABLY OFFSET SEGMENT OF SAME VEIN AS HALF-MOON MINE. VEIN OCCURS AT BASE OF A 3-FT LIMESTONE LARGELY REPLACED BY MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDE ORE
Comment (Workings): ADIT TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ENG. & MIN. JOUR. VOL. 133
Reference (Production): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 132.
Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., P. 545-548
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 171, P. 67.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 132.
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.
