The Lincoln Gulch is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Lincoln Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lincoln Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): EST. PROD. $7,000,000 IN GOLD IN A STRETCH OF GULCH 7,400 FT. LONG
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLE LARGE LOW GRADE AU DEPOSIT IN SHEAR ZONE NEXT TO DIORITE DIKE; LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA
Comment (Location): Political location in record is Lewis and Clark county. However, lat/long plots in Teton county. The two counties are adjacent but lat/long is not near the shared border. Original coordinates are lat/long NAD27 47-57-N 112-47-W (47.95 -112.78333); UTM N E Z; PLSS Meridian- Montana Principal, 014N, 009W, Sect 17,08,07, Sect_fract . PLSS coordinates are in Lewis and Clark county, translates to 46 58N, 112 46W, a difference of 59 minutes lat, 1 minute long. Likely the reporter meant to type 46 degrees N instead of 47. Lat/long so changed using WGS84 datum. New lat/long falls in Section 18, possibly the centroid of an arc-shaped deposit in the originally reported sections 17, 8, 7. No UTM coords present.
References
Reference (Production): PARDEE, 1933, USGS BULL. 842
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 842, P. 115-117
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
