Lincoln Mine

The Lincoln Mine is a iron mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,626 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lincoln Mine
Secondary: The Lincoln Claim Is Part of the Lucky Group of Claims.

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande District

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

Owner Name: Homan Arnold
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Jarilla Reduction Co.
Years: 1921 -

Production

Year: 1921
Time Period: 1919 To 1921
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^54 To 56% Fe.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1921
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM OF A GROUP OF FOUR CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 984.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF THREE OPEN CUTS CONNECTED BY A SERIES OF RAISES AND TUNNELS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 192.

Reference (Deposit): SCHIMDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 47, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 54-57

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY , NO 2, P. 191-192

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