The Lincoln Hill Dumortierite is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.46667, -118.15583
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Lincoln Hill Dumortierite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lincoln Hill Dumortierite
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Dumortierite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Andalusite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC. 16, ON S SIDE OF CONGRESS CANYON IN SADDLE
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): THE DUMORTIERITE IS PREVAILINGLY PINK AND LAVENDER THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY FELSITIC TRACHYTE. BRECCIAS
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS 1-2 INCHES WIDE
Comment (Deposit): THE DUMORTIERITE IS PREVAILINGLY PINK AND LAVENDER. THE DUMORTIERITE-BEARING AREA IS UNDERLAIN LARGELY BY FELSITIC TRACHYTE BRECCIAS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. L., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
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.
