Lincoln Claim

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011912
MRDS ID D007103
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Claim
Related records 10150870

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24753, 33.08539 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.3 MILES S 3 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 004W 16 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM IS REPORTEDLY LOCATED SOUTH OF THE DAKOTA GROUP OF CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24753, 33.08539

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Near Northeast-Striking Hot Springs Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Caballo Manganese Corp.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Blanchard Hanson
    Home office Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • DURING 1954 BLANCHARD HANSON SHIPPED 5.1 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 22.3 % MN AND TOWER MINING AND REFINING CO. PRODUCED 23 TONS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 17.4 % MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 OPENCUTS ABOUT 60 FT. APART. THE MAIN CUT IS 30 FT. LONG AND UP TO 15 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG.2

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 120

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG A SILICIFIED FRACTURE ZONE AS VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES. THE KNOWN DIMENSIONS OF THE DEPOSIT ARE. 200 FT. LONG, UP TO 50 FT. WIDE, AND 15 FT. DEEP. 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references