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Lincoln Hill Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042545
MRDS ID M060369
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Supreme Mine, Fairhaven, NBMG Sample Site 2557.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20458, 40.2974 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position NORTHWEST FLANK OF LINCOLN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 034E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Pyritization, Tourmalined; Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2557, DUMP SELECT OF SILICIFIED, PYRITIZED RHYOLITE WITH TOURMALINE AND SPHALERITE CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.2 -% MG, 0.05 % TI, 5000 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 37 PPM AU (BY AA ANA-LYSIS),+2000 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 20 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM C-U, 7 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 500 P-PM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 65 SW
    Width 2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER-BEARING AND GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS.. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS ALONG A FAULT ZONE IN RHYOLITE. THE STRONGEST RADIOACTIVITY IS IN ROADCUTS 150 FT- SW OF MAIN ADIT OF LINCOLN HILL MINE OVER A 5 FT SQUARE AREA,- BUT NO U MINERALS WERE OBSERVED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS2 DRILL ROADS

Comments on development

  • WORKED FROM 1913-1923. REOPENED BRIEFLY IN LATE 1970'S WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE AT MINING VEINS AND HEAP-LEACHING. NO APPARENT ACTIVITY- IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, E.F., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    NEFF, T. R., 1978, REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURRENCE

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 96-97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER-BEARING AND GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS. QUARTZ VEINS, STOCKWORKS AND SILICIFICATION IN ZONE TRENDING N45E, 65 SW IN ROCHESTER RHYOLITE. WALL ROCK IS SIL-ICIFIED WITH SOME TOURMALINE. ZONE IS 1-2 M WIDE. ABUNDANT PYR-ITE, LOCALLY ABUNDANT TOURMALINE, SPARSE SPHALERITE.
Deposit OPENED BY TWO ADITS. WORKED FROM 1913 TO 1929. THREE NARROW QUARTZ VEINS HAVE BEEN WORKED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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