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Lincoln Consolidated

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028220
MRDS ID M005085
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Wildman-Mahoney
Related records 10162735, 10259851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80102, 38.39462 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MILE N.W. OF TOWN OF SUTTER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 011E 06,07,08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80102, 38.39462
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 65 NE
    Thickness 4.27M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 VEIN COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING QUARTZ GREENSTONE MATERIAL VARING IN THICKNESS FROM 6 TO 14 FT. SLATE ASSOCIATED WITH AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1851

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lincoln Gold Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • THE CLAIMS, LOCATED IN 1851, WORKED SEPARATELY AND INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL CONSOLIDATED IN 1906. WILDMAN AND MAHONEY WORKED 1910-1912 AND HAVE BEEN IDLE SINCE. COMBINED PRODUCTION OF WILDMAN AND MAHONEY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN $5,000,000 WHILE THE LINCOLN PRODUCED $2,200,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 153.786HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS: WILDMAN 1,400 FT ON A 72 DEGREE INCLINE; EMERSON 619 FT VERTICALLY; MAHONEY 1200 FT. ON A 62 DEGREE INCLINE; LINCOLN 2000 FT. ON A 63 DEGREE INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES & MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 185 .

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR. 1888 , EIGTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 8 , P. 73 , 78 - 79

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 100 - 102

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 192

  • Deposit

    5) TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 36

  • Production

    CARLSON & CLARK, 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS GROUP INCLUDES MAHONEY AND SOUTH MAHONEY MINES, LINCOLN, STEWARD, BELMONT, AND WILDMAN MINES. SEE OTHER REPORTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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