Old Abe Mine

The Old Abe Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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