The Lincoln Claim is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.08528, -107.24694
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Lincoln Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lincoln Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Blanchard Hanson
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Caballo Manganese Corp.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Near Northeast-Striking Hot Springs Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): DURING 1954 BLANCHARD HANSON SHIPPED 5.1 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 22.3 % MN AND TOWER MINING AND REFINING CO. PRODUCED 23 TONS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 17.4 % MN.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG A SILICIFIED FRACTURE ZONE AS VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES. THE KNOWN DIMENSIONS OF THE DEPOSIT ARE. 200 FT. LONG, UP TO 50 FT. WIDE, AND 15 FT. DEEP. 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 OPENCUTS ABOUT 60 FT. APART. THE MAIN CUT IS 30 FT. LONG AND UP TO 15 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): CLAIM IS REPORTEDLY LOCATED SOUTH OF THE DAKOTA GROUP OF CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 120
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 120
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG.2
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