Lincoln Gold Dredging Company Placer Mine, Lincoln, Lincoln Mining District, Placer County, California, USAi
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Lincoln Gold Dredging Company Placer Mine | Mine |
Lincoln | - not defined - |
Lincoln Mining District | Mining District |
Placer County | County |
California | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 56' 17'' North , 121° 16' 30'' West
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Roseville Rock Rollers | Roseville, California | 21km |
Fossils for Fun Society, Inc. | North Highlands, California | 29km |
Sacramento Valley Detecting Buffs | North Highlands, California | 29km |
Sutter Buttes Gem & Mineral Society | Marysville, California | 36km |
Nevada County Gem & Mineral Society | Grass Valley, California | 36km |
Mindat Locality ID:
85515
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:85515:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0769bae2-7f45-470c-8784-b369a3f850dd
A former placer Au-PGE (Pt) deposit/mine located in sec. 35, T13N, R6E, MDM, 5.4 km (3.3 miles) NNE of Lincoln and 4.4 km (2.7 miles) SSW of Kilaga Springs, on the N side of Doty Ravine. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters. This locality is evident on the topo map as a large shaded area marked as "former tailings."
Mineralization is a stream placer deposit (Depoit model: 119: Placer Au-PGE), hosted in gravels of the Success Creek group. Local rocks include Plio-Pleistocene and Pliocene loosely consolidated deposits.
Workings include surface operations.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
ⓘ | Platinum | 1.AF.10 | Pt |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10212953 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Foothills-Wallowa DomainDomain
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file #0060610018