Nevada Lincoln Mine

The Nevada Lincoln Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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

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Site Name

Primary: Nevada Lincoln Mine
Secondary: Kinney Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Alpine District (Clan Alpine District, (1864))

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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Johnson, Gilbert S.
Home Office: Ft. Worth, Texas.
Years: 1921 -

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): IN UPPER PART OF CLANALPINE CANYON 4 MILES from its MOUTH, NEAR THE SITE OF THE CLAN ALPINE MILL (WHAT WAS FORMERLY CALLED CLAN ALPINE CANYON MAY NOW BE CHERRY CREEK)-LOCATION UNCERTAIN MILS SYSTEM LOCATES THIS MINE IN SEC 19, 719 N, R37E-BUT THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS, ABOUT 200 FEET APART ORE OCCURES IN BANDS AND STEAMSIN SHATTERED QUARTZ-TALCOSE GOUGE GANGUE.

Comment (Development): WORKED BY CHARES KINNEY OF FALLON IN THE 1870'S AND INTERMITTENTLY THEREAFTER UNTIL 1915 WHEN IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE NEVACA-LINCOLN MINING CO. OF RENO. IN 1918 IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NEVADA WILSON MINING CO., AND LATER. IN 1921, TO A NEW COMPANY CONTROLLED BY GILBERT S. JOHNSON OF FT. WORTH TEXAS. DEPOSITS ARE AMONG THE EARLIEST IN THE DISTRICT. 5 OR MORE CLAIMS.

References

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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.