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Lincoln

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038016
MRDS ID M045268
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln
Related records 10261777

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.25965, 38.901 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 15 MI WEST OF AUBURN AND 11 MI NORTH OF ROSEVILLE IN LOWER AUBURN AND DOTY RAVINES NEAR LINCOLN, Utm Accurate At South End Of Dredging Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N;013N 006E;006E 12;22,23,26,27,28,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS AT SOUTH EDGE OF TAILINGS STRADDLING LINCOLN CANAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE RAN $.15-.60/YD (0.0042-0.0171 OZ/YD, ABOUT 75-290 PPB)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Ione Formation
    Rock description Ione Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.25965, 38.901
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoreline Processes

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS ARE UNDERLAIN BY TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1935

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lincoln Gold Dredging Co. (-
    Last year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 485.64HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DRAGLINE DREDGE FIELD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1936, GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 1, P. 82.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD M012049 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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