Lincoln Mine Group

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. 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 10011286
MRDS ID D005862
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Rollins, Old Rollins, Rawlings, Old Spanish

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88802, 38.27219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF ADAMSVILLE, 5 MILES NE OF MINERSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 009W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lincoln Stock
    Rock description Lincoln Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Limestone (Principal Host);Callville-Pakoon Undiff
    Rock description Kaibab Limestone (Principal Host);Callville-Pakoon Undiff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.88802, 38.27219

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N30 E
    Dip 45 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Trending Faults And Fractures That Parallel The Lincoln Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1845
Year of first production 1855

Mining district

District name Lincoln District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Karl Truman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.039HA
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 106.68M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE 1860'S. SOLD IN 1875 TO LINCOLN SILVER MINING CO. WHO ALSO BUILT A 15 TON FURNACE IN THE SAME YEAR. 2 INCLINE SHAFTS, 2 VERT. SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979; ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1840'S
Deposit THE OLDEST LEAD MINE IN UTAH. THE FIRST ORE WAS REFINED IN A CRUDE SMELTER TO PRODUCE LEAD BULLETS FOR THE EARLY SETTLERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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