Lincoln District

Past Producer in Pitkin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000371
MRDS ID D010413
Record type District
Current site name Lincoln District
Alternate or previous names Lincoln Gulch District, Ruby District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.61202, 39.02139 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG LINCOLN GULCH AND ON PITKIN-GUNNISON COUNTY LINE IN FAR SE TIP OF PITKIN COUNTY. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR RUBY TOWNSITE. DISTRICT ALSO EXTENDS ONTO NEW YORK PEAK QUAD. SEVERAL CLAIMS OVERLAP INTO GUNNISON CO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST : (1977)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pitkin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Independence Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roaring Fork(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Colorado Pitkin
United States Colorado Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.61202, 39.02139

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description GRIZZLY PEAK CAULDRON, MT ELBERT VOLCANOTECTONIC DEPRESSION, LINCOLN GULCH STOCK, SAWMILL PLUG
Type of structure Regional
Structure description SAWATCH UPLIFT, CENTRAL COLORADO TROUGH, ARKANSAS VALLEY GRABEN, TWIN LAKES BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer S.F. Neeley And Others (First Claimants)

Mining district

District name LINCOLN DISTRICT
District name LINCOLN GULCH DISTRICT
District name RUBY DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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