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Lincoln

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016001
MRDS ID DC00124
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln
Alternate or previous names Alkire, Puzzler, New, Lucky Find, Elky, Ohio, Franklin D, Mattie Jack, Estrella, Legal Tender, Range Line, Quija, Commonwealth, Kent, Startle, Silent Friend, Big Dipper, Western Syndicate, Earl of Kent

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60503, 39.76221 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03S 73W 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60503, 39.76221
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ITEM 1: SYNDICATE TO 1937

Mining district

District name Dumont

Production statistics

  • Year 1902
    Period 1888-1902
    Material ore
    Ore mined 19.68mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 2%null%
    Major Zinc Zinc 4%null%
    Major Lead Lead 2%null%
    Major Silver Silver 2021.72g
    Major Gold Gold 342.13g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1231, 1967

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 946, 1967

  • Deposit

    USGS P P 94, 1917, PL 2, P 365

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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