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Lincoln Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver
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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. 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. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070022
MRDS ID W007858
MAS/MILS ID 0160450001
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.33627, 43.84848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 1 MI SW OF PEARL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 21 C E2NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized
  • (Local) Pyritized
  • (Local) Bleached

Analytical data

Result MINE AVG. 0.5 OZ. AU/TON. MAXIMUM $100 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Dacite Porphyry;Granodiorite Porphyry;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Dacite Porphyry;Granodiorite Porphyry;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.33627, 43.84848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG N
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 487.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Sericitized, Pyritized, Bleached
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West View Dist.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Huron Mines Inc. ( 1955 )

Comments on the production information

  • One Half - One Million Dollars Total Production, Mostly Au, At 0.5 Oz Au/Ton.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 540M
    Overall length 402.33M

Comments on development

  • 5 Patented Claims, 100 Ton Floration Concentrator ; And 5 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 23.

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 23. Lindgren, W., 1897 , USGS 18th Ann. Rept., Pt. 3 , P. 714 .

  • Deposit

    Mc Dowell, G. A., 1956 , 57th Ann. Rept. Of The Idaho Mine Inspector For 1955 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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