Lincoln Hill Mine

The Lincoln Hill Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lincoln Hill Mine
Secondary: Supreme Mine
Secondary: Fairhaven
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2557.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc

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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Pyritization, Tourmalined; Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2557, DUMP SELECT OF SILICIFIED, PYRITIZED RHYOLITE WITH TOURMALINE AND SPHALERITE CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.2 -% MG, 0.05 % TI, 5000 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 37 PPM AU (BY AA ANA-LYSIS),+2000 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 20 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM C-U, 7 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 500 P-PM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): SILVER-BEARING AND GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS.. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG A FAULT ZONE IN RHYOLITE. THE STRONGEST RADIOACTIVITY IS IN ROADCUTS 150 FT- SW OF MAIN ADIT OF LINCOLN HILL MINE OVER A 5 FT SQUARE AREA,- BUT NO U MINERALS WERE OBSERVED.

Comment (Deposit): OPENED BY TWO ADITS. WORKED FROM 1913 TO 1929. THREE NARROW QUARTZ VEINS HAVE BEEN WORKED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Deposit): SILVER-BEARING AND GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS. QUARTZ VEINS, STOCKWORKS AND SILICIFICATION IN ZONE TRENDING N45E, 65 SW IN ROCHESTER RHYOLITE. WALL ROCK IS SIL-ICIFIED WITH SOME TOURMALINE. ZONE IS 1-2 M WIDE. ABUNDANT PYR-ITE, LOCALLY ABUNDANT TOURMALINE, SPARSE SPHALERITE.

Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS2 DRILL ROADS

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Development): WORKED FROM 1913-1923. REOPENED BRIEFLY IN LATE 1970'S WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE AT MINING VEINS AND HEAP-LEACHING. NO APPARENT ACTIVITY- IN 1984.

References

Reference (Deposit): NEFF, T. R., 1978, REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, E.F., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 96-97.

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.