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Lincoln Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070811
MRDS ID W013909
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Mine
Alternate or previous names One of Steen Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.54033, 44.97768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position 6 MI E OF MIDDLE FORK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 016E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • TOP OF STEEN HILL ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 0.5 TO 0.7 OZ. AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzitic, Partly Calcareous Beds
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzitic, Partly Calcareous Beds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.54033, 44.97768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, LEDGE, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Plunge direction NW
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Steen Family

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 94.49M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1953, GOLD - COPPER - LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1953, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 94, 41 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS STRIKE N 20 DEG E, N 60 DEG E, N 40 DEG W; THE FIRST DIPS 55 DEG SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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