1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Lincoln Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103563
MRDS ID M031061
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Mine
Related records 10294601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18387, 36.3311 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3.5 MILES N OF GOLD BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 070E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 233
USGS model code 32c
Deposit model name Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn (BC name is Carbonate-hosted Cu)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18387, 36.3311
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Cut Off By A Tight Fault At The Bottom Of The Incline, N 10 W And 45 W.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORES OCCUR IN A NARROW ZONE BELOW A CHERT BED IN SMALL OPEN WATER COURSES IN THE LIMESTONE. LIMONITE AND GREEN COPPER CARBONATE ARE IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH COABELY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE. CHALCOCITE SURROUNDS MINUTE REMNANTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND BORNITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 14 TONS OF HIGH GRADE COPPER ORE BEFORE 1911 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 53.34M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SHALLOW INCLINE 50 FEET LONG AND 2 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648 , P. 49 - 50 .

  • Production

    HILL, J. M., 1916

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.