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Nevada Lincoln Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045376
MRDS ID M233088
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Lincoln Mine
Alternate or previous names Kinney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.89512, 39.56797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES NNE OF ALPINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Augusta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 036E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN UPPER PART OF CLANALPINE CANYON 4 MILES from its MOUTH, NEAR THE SITE OF THE CLAN ALPINE MILL (WHAT WAS FORMERLY CALLED CLAN ALPINE CANYON MAY NOW BE CHERRY CREEK)-LOCATION UNCERTAIN MILS SYSTEM LOCATES THIS MINE IN SEC 19, 719 N, R37E-BUT THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.89512, 39.56797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip STEEPLY TO THE N NE
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Charles Kinney Of Fallon (Work Edit In The Mid-1870'S And Is Presumed To Be The Discovered)
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Alpine District (Clan Alpine District, (1864))

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, Gilbert S.
    Home office Ft. Worth, Texas.
    First year 1921

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY CHARES KINNEY OF FALLON IN THE 1870'S AND INTERMITTENTLY THEREAFTER UNTIL 1915 WHEN IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE NEVACA-LINCOLN MINING CO. OF RENO. IN 1918 IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NEVADA WILSON MINING CO., AND LATER. IN 1921, TO A NEW COMPANY CONTROLLED BY GILBERT S. JOHNSON OF FT. WORTH TEXAS. DEPOSITS ARE AMONG THE EARLIEST IN THE DISTRICT. 5 OR MORE CLAIMS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, ABOUT 200 FEET APART ORE OCCURES IN BANDS AND STEAMSIN SHATTERED QUARTZ-TALCOSE GOUGE GANGUE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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