Lincoln Canyon Tunnel

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247711
MAS/MILS ID 0320330272
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Canyon Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.33144, 38.89025 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 068 E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.33144, 38.89025

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mt. Wheeler Mines, Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINES INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 65.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-94 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.