The Discovery Claim is a gold and copper mine located in Modoc county, California at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 41.94833, -120.21083
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Discovery Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Discovery Claim
Secondary: Oregon
Secondary: California
Secondary: Gold Wedge
Secondary: Archerton
Secondary: Hardtack
Secondary: Nine-Thirty
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Modoc
District: High Grade
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: James Kafader
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
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS SO FINE THAT IS IS NOT VISIBLE IN ORE
Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE FIRST VEIN DISCOVERED IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SHORT ADITS AND CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1929, MODOC COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, P. 12-13.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 38, 46-47, PL. 5.
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