The Lincoln Consolidated is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 1,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.39472, -120.80000
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Lincoln Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lincoln Consolidated
Secondary: Wildman-Mahoney
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lincoln Gold Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1851
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 2 VEIN COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING QUARTZ GREENSTONE MATERIAL VARING IN THICKNESS FROM 6 TO 14 FT. SLATE ASSOCIATED WITH AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP INCLUDES MAHONEY AND SOUTH MAHONEY MINES, LINCOLN, STEWARD, BELMONT, AND WILDMAN MINES. SEE OTHER REPORTS.
Comment (Production): THE CLAIMS, LOCATED IN 1851, WORKED SEPARATELY AND INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL CONSOLIDATED IN 1906. WILDMAN AND MAHONEY WORKED 1910-1912 AND HAVE BEEN IDLE SINCE. COMBINED PRODUCTION OF WILDMAN AND MAHONEY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN $5,000,000 WHILE THE LINCOLN PRODUCED $2,200,000.
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS: WILDMAN 1,400 FT ON A 72 DEGREE INCLINE; EMERSON 619 FT VERTICALLY; MAHONEY 1200 FT. ON A 62 DEGREE INCLINE; LINCOLN 2000 FT. ON A 63 DEGREE INCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES & MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 185 .
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR. 1888 , EIGTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 8 , P. 73 , 78 - 79
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 100 - 102
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 192
Reference (Deposit): 5) TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 36
Reference (Production): CARLSON & CLARK, 1954
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