USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pima County
Lincoln Mine Group
Unconfirmed Zinc Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Zinc
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Yellow Bird Mine, Providence
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Pb-Ag-Zn-Cu-Au mine group located in the NW¼SW¼SW¼ sec. 26 & the SE ¼ sec. 27, T.17S., R.10E, on land of unknown status. Owned at times, or in part, by the Lincoln Consolidated Mining Co.; Silverta Mining & Milling Co.; and the Yellow Bird Silver Min…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
- 7 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (7)
- mapped adit symbols (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 36206
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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