The Lincoln Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.2325, -112.32278
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Mine Description
The Lincoln mine is 2 miles north-northeast of Crown King, at an elevation of about 7,000 feet. It was worked in 1902 and from 1905 to 1908, with a reported production of $135,000 from 10,000 tones of ore. It was equipped with a 15-stamp amalgamation-concentration mill.
The vein which occurs in schist near the granite contact contains tourmaline and, near the vein, shows alteration to sericite and ankeritic carbonates. According to a local report, the ore occurs in a northward-pitching shoot 400 feet long by 5 to 6 feet wide. It consists of drusy quartz and ankerite with pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, and tetrahedrite. The concentrates are reported to have contained 15 percent of copper, one to 4 ounces of gold, and 10 to 24 ounces of silver per ton.
Workings include two tunnels and an old 115-foot shaft.
Lincoln Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lincoln Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Imco Resources Ltd.
Home Office: Nanaimo, British Columbia
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation Trends N25e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Regional Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATION CONTAINED: 1 - 4 OZ. AU/TON, 10 - 24 OZ. AG/TON, 15 % CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZITE AND SCHIST. ORE SHOOT PINCHES NORTHWARD.
Comment (Geology): IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CRET-PALEO AGE ARE CLOSE TO DEPOSIT AND OCCUR TO SOUTH AT CROWN KING, ARIZONA
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D002891 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ITEM ( 9 ) IS ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM $ 100,000 AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE AU.
Comment (Development): DURING 1984-1986, IMCO DEWATERED AND SAMPLED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 170.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 101.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 101
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