The Lincoln Mine is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.77778, -115.42056
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Lincoln Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lincoln Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1910 - 1917
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15 Oz/Ton
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1910 - 1917
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusts
Type: L
Description: Well Defined Wall N 15 - 25 W, 80 Sw Which Appears To Determine The Ore Distribution
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY GREATER THAN THAT REPORTED.
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKING IS AN INCLINED SHAFT 350 FT. LONG.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS FROM LENSES AND ROUNDED MASSES OF FERRUGINOUS SILICA, WITH SURROUNDING VEINLETS AND SMALL MASSES OF CHRYSOCOLLA. IRON BEARING CHERT SHOWS THIN FILMS OF SILVER CHLORIDE AND BROMIDE ON FRACTURES
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD,; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 122 - 123
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
