Abe Lincoln Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046394
MRDS ID M241544
Record type Site
Current site name Abe Lincoln Mine
Related records 10198503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.48417, 37.92885 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 1.5 MILES W. OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 067E 20 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GULCH SOUTH OF HALF-MOON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Iron Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chisholm Shale
    Rock description Chisholm Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.48417, 37.92885

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N30w, 6 Se Cuts Off Vein On The East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip NEARLY FLAT
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding; Yuba Dike Was Encountered In These Workings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS FOR ABE LINCOLN AND HALF-MOON MINES COMBINED

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 171, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., P. 545-548

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ENG. & MIN. JOUR. VOL. 133

  • Production

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 132.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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