Lincoln Gulch Placer Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294572
MRDS ID D006881
MAS/MILS ID 0300490069
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln Gulch Placer Mine
Alternate or previous names Maggie Lick Broke Her Pick
Related records 10011761

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.76701, 46.97519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 009 W 08 NWSESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.76701, 46.97519

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lincoln District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bill Lewis
    ID 2401725
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES DATA - SMALL PLACER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6334

  • Deposit

    MBM G MEM 31, 1949 P.53

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/18/1985
MSHA mine ID2401725
Mine name (MSHA)Lincoln Gulch Mine
Current operatorNrs Inc
Current controller (parent)Nugent George A-John F Ratchye & Emerson W Scott
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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