Abe Lincoln Mine

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Uranium, Copper
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048219
MRDS ID M800305
Record type Site
Current site name Abe Lincoln Mine
Related records 10186711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19847, 31.90568 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Placed At Boundary Of Sections 34 And 35

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 011E 34,35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTHERN RIDGE OF SIERRITA MOUNTAINS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02 MR/HR, MAX 0.20 MR/HR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.19847, 31.90568

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip W
    Length 243.84M
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Blocks In Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer Bell And Charles Iberri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-159, 1970

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.