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Abe Lincoln Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098585
MRDS ID M231483
Record type Site
Current site name Abe Lincoln Mine
Alternate or previous names Probably Part of Lincoln Hill Mine, Sample Site 2557

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20514, 40.2949 (WGS84)
Elevation 1934
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF LINCOLN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 034E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2557, DUMP SELECT WITH SILICIFICATION, TOURMALINE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 0.05 %- TI, 5000 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, +2000 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 20 PPM -BE, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 10- PPM V, 50 PPM W, 500 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR, 37 PPM AU (AA ANAL.)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20514, 40.2949
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Postmineral Crushing

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN RANGES 1 TO 3 FEET THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN OPENING IS A TUNNEL 135 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED ABOUT 1912, WORKED UNTIL 1929, THEN REOPENED BRIEFLY IN LATE 1970'S. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A. 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: UGSG BULL.762

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN RANGES 1-3 FT THICK
Deposit MAIN OPENING IS A TUNNEL 135 FEET LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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