The Craig Property is a gold mine located in Modoc county, California at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.91639, -120.30611
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Craig Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Craig Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Modoc
District: High Grade
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. H. Craig, Matt Lock, Modrell Brothers, And J.L. Lyon
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Warner Mountains
Type: L
Description: Contact Of Andesite And Rhyolite Breccia
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURE REPORTED, MILL COMPLETED IN 1936 BUT NOT IN OPERATIONBUT $50-ORE WAS REPORTED. BUT $50-ORE WAS REPORTED.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ON CONTACT OF ANDESITE AND A BRECCIA, PROBABLY RHYOLITIC, ON FOOTWALL SIDE. FRACTURE ON THE BRECCIA SIDE CARRIES VEIN WITH CONSIDERABLE GOUGE AND IRON OXIDE WHICH IS SAID TO CARRY GOLD.; USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT WITH A 160 FT INCLINED WINZE DRIVEN ON THE VEIN WITH DRIFTING ON BOTTOM, 60 FT ON 100 FT LEVEL AND 60 FT ON 50 FT LEVEL
Comment (Deposit): 484 ACRES, NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 451-452
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