Abe Lincoln Mine

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

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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.