Lincoln Claim

The Lincoln Claim is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Lincoln Claim  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

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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